Some ISPs slow down video streaming. A proxy hides the fact that you are watching video, so you get full speed.
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However, AI-powered firewalls are getting smarter. Instead of looking for keywords, they look for "behavior." If a single IP address is requesting 100 different websites every minute (the proxy server), the AI flags it as a proxy and kills the connection. Some ISPs slow down video streaming