Wow, so you use a VPN with your YouTube premium account? Don’t you fear being banned if Google notices that you’re appearing to come from several different countries???
YouTube got their money, not likely to ban them I’d suppose.
Most of YouTube’s funds are from advertising so I’m sure they’d be keeping an eye on users that try to circumvent their advertisements. This is why I always use YouTube without any extra security measures like a VPN because I’m worried about getting different video content than other users.
I always use YouTube as it was supposed to be used for fear of receiving different video content.
This is an example of YouTube serving different videos to users who have an ad blocker installed:
Ad blocker users say YouTube videos are skipping to the end, playing without audio | TechSpot
The article said the ad block detection happens on Opera GX, but currently works on Firefox with uBlock Origin installed. So far, I have not had any issues on any of my browsers. Google Chrome does not allow you to install uBlock Origin, only the Lite version.
I do not believe YouTube will ban you if you’re using YouTube Premium with a VPN because you’re a paying customer. From my experience, my VPN does get blocked if I’m watching YouTube without an account, usually with the message “Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot”. Switching to a different country does resolve this issue.
As for “different video content”, of course you would get different content if you’re connected to a different country. If you connect to your own country, you shouldn’t have this issue. But even so, YouTube algorithms are designed to recommend content that does well on the platform, not content that’s personalized for you.
It’s best to watch YouTube without engaging on the platform. For example, you can install FreeTube (PC) or NewPipe (Android) or even YouTube Revanced. I prefer the first two options because they give you more control over the content you watch and you don’t have to go directly to YouTube. OR you can add YouTube channels to your RSS feed and go directly to YouTube through your RSS feed. If you have Brave installed, it has ad-block built-in and you can also disable recommended content / shorts to avoid their algorithms.
If you know exactly what content to watch, there should be no “fear” of being recommended different content.