This is what I get when going to Reddit while connected to Proton VPN, connected to a server in the same country I live in.
Private Internet Access is a solid VPN but is definitely flagged by any sites pulling this bullshit.
PIA was bought out and is currently owned by an ad company.
Any suggestions that haven’t been? I don’t stay in the loop, I think I heard that they had been but so had everyone else, basically.
I’ve been using Proton for 4ish years now and like it. Email, VPN, drive, and calendar. I use something else instead of proton pass, but just for diversity.
Yeah I already have web/mail hosting, and the rest self hosted. How is proton with getting flagged by sites and swimming in captchas or outright blocks? I kinda just assumed they all struggled with that these days.
Really? I use PIA all the time and haven’t had any issues with normal internet usage including reddit. Wirst I get is google making me check a captcha box once in a while.
PIA was bought out and is currently owned by an ad company.
Well shit. Gotta find a new one then.
Depends on the server. I rarely am over there, but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t
I use the Switzerland server if it or another site does this.
This is an issue with all popular VPNs on various websites. VPNs use shared IP addresses so just a few bad actors using that VPN can get it blocked for everyone. I can’t even load Google sometimes without multiple human verification checks.
Let’s not pretend it’s all about “bad actors”. They don’t want masked traffic at all, the “bad actors” gives them an excuse.
And we know this because if the IP was the issue, they wouldn’t let you use the site at all, but they will work fine after signing in. Any of these VPNs work as long as you’re logged into reddit, even with a throwaway account.
This is reddit blocking all VPNs it can, and only on new reddit.
It has nothing to do with bad actors and everything to do with maximizing user data gathering.
The internet is becoming worst and worst to use everyday with a VPN. Using Private Browsing… on Firefox? That’s a triple signal for you to fuck off from any stock traded company’s website.
When that goes, it’s over.
They block VPNs there too, even with a longer text.
Can’t login into old without having to go through cloudflare verification can.
Its done.
It’s already over m8. Let it go, Mr. Frodo.
Oh I’ve let it go. I still visit for porn.
Let. It. Go.
Why? Theres literally an instance called lemmynsfw with tons of nudes and vids
Yea I ran into the same thing about 2 months ago, haven’t even gone back to check it. https://lemmy.world/post/14769888
I’d just be grateful you found Lemmy. I suspect Reddit is mostly bot spam at this point hidden as real users. Sucks that so many old posts are now being gatekept, a pinnacle of the real enshittification that’s happening right now.
Oh for sure.
It’s just sometimes it feels a bit lonely in my main communities. I’m a francophone Quebecois and there isn’t a lot of us on Lemmy. Most of them didn’t seem to care about the whole API thing and don’t seem to care about the bots and the AI either.
The Quebecois are creatures of habit and one they’ve settled down on something it’s hard to make them change.
The same with Mullvad
PS: Fuck Reddit!
No shit. We don’t need a weekly post.
Try old.reddit.com
That’s being blocked, too
That’s new, interesting
No, that’s old…
