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What can we do about major sites blocking VPN providers? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yes! 100% agree with this and your law proposal!

What can we do about major sites blocking VPN providers? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which VPN providers use domestic client IPs?

What can we do about major sites blocking VPN providers? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Oof. That really sucks.

What can we do about major sites blocking VPN providers? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Oh, this is great! I didn't know about the Stealth protocol. It's helped me log into at least one previously stubborn site! Thanks for sharing! 💯

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What can we do about major sites blocking VPN providers? (lemmy.world)
 

I use ProtonVPN for everything, and I've started noticing more and more sites simply blocking me if I try to connect to them through ProtonVPN. As much as it sucks, I've more or less become acclimated to having to deal with an increased number of captchas while using a VPN; but I'm pretty angry about being blocked outright. There are at least two broad blocking tactics. First, some sites will say that my network traffic looks suspicious and/or that they simply block traffic from certain IP addresses. But second, and far more maddeningly, some sites tell me that my username and password combo are incorrect when I'm using a VPN. But I know this to be a blatant lie because (1) I use a password manager that auto-fills login forms with credentials that match the domain name, and (2) such sites accept my credentials when I visit them without the VPN connection.

What the hell can we do about this shit? Do I have to run my own VPN to avoid sharing an IP address with other people and thus getting blocked? I really don't want to do that because I have neither the time nor expertise, and I like that connecting through a VPN provider makes my IP address much less significant. I'm aware that this is connected to the broader conversation about WEI and other methods for determining whether requests are legitimate or not, and I'm sure that businesses of all sizes are reeling from massive increases in bot and AI activity. But solutions that end up punishing legitimate users are not good or valid solutions.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm not coping, but I'm so depressed and anxious and hopeless that it's hard to take any action aside from voting.

filter keywords in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

+1

I too would like to know!

Tired of constantly seeing USA politics and trump face on your feed ? Here's a keyword based blocklist to get rid of them in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thank you! I feel like I've been playing non-stop whack-a-mole trying to block all the news communities from my feeds!

What is your preferred daily driver distribution? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you elaborate or point me to some resources? I'd like to hear more about this because I've wondered for a while what to do about Secure Boot on my machine.

Brands that don't buy enough Twitter ads will lose verification in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Just a few more failed businesses and in about 50 years he'll be all set to run for POTUS as the Republican nominee.

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What's your opinion of Anytype? (anytype.io)
 

I’m a little intrigued, but it also seems way overhyped. The website is much too corporate-feeling and buzz-word-y for my taste. However, I’ll also admit I’m interested in any tool that touts end-to-end encryption and peer-to-peer tech. What do you all think about it?

Why is Linux so frustrating for some people? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I hope that snaps, flatpaks, AppImages, etc., will make a big difference in terms of adoption and ease of use. As @[email protected] said, if complications arise while trying to install or use software, then you're basically screwed unless you have a really good tutorial or deep knowledge. I've been using various Linux distros as daily drivers for the past ~10 years, and in that time, I still haven't figured out why there's such a big emphasis on compiling software. Your average Windows user has probably never even heard of compilation let alone been required to compile software in order to use it. For better or worse, the emphasis in Windows is on shipping binaries that the user can simply double-click to run. And if we want to reduce frustration for new Linux users, we can't expect them to know how to compile software. Snaps, flatpaks, and AppImages definitely move us in the right direction even if there's a lot of internal debate about which of those is best.

It's also nice to see big flagship projects like Gnome finally really taking off in terms of quality. Of course, the Gnome desktop environment won't appeal to everyone aesthetically, and it's generally much more resource-intensive than Cinnamon, KDE, XFCE, LXQt, etc.; but distros like Ubuntu, Fedora, Pop!_OS, etc., look really great and work really well out of the box for most people. Same with Linux Mint. And I personally don't care for KDE, but it's another DE that's pretty solid.