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false positive - cdn.bluebillywig.com & vms.bluebillywig.com

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The URLs below are causing the player to stop functioning on various Dutch regional news websites. As far as I can tell, `bluebillywig.com` is purely a player provider, and for example, ads are loaded externally before the player starts.

I'm convinced that these two URLs are therefore false positives and should not be blocked.

- cdn.bluebillywig.com
- vms.bluebillywig.com

On the website [rtvutrecht.nl](https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/3922037/raadsvergadering-loopt-uit-de-hand-burgemeester-dijksma-belaagd-door-pro-palestina-demonstranten), you can see that the player no longer loads at all and only a black box remains:

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In the Netherlands, all regional news websites use the same backend provided by **Regiogroei.nl**. Due to this block, the player no longer works on all of these websites:

```
- ustad.nl
- rijnmond.nl
- gld.nl
- rtvdrenthe.nl
- rtvnoord.nl
- omroepzeeland.nl
- 1limburg.nl
- oost.nl
- west.nl
- rtvutrecht.nl
- omropfryslan.nl
- denhaagfm.nl
- nieuwsplein33.nl
- bingofm.nl
```
When you only whitelist `cdn.bluebillywig.com`, each website loads its own `bbvms.com` URL (e.g., `rtvutrecht.bbvms.com` or `rijnmond.bbvms.com`).

However, all of these are CNAMEs pointing to `vms.bluebillywig.com`, which seems like a more logical domain to remove from the blocklist. Let me know if you need me to provide more information on this.

I do think it's important that `stats.bluebillywig.com` **remains** blocked.

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