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What VPN are you using? (feddit.nl)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I use Proton. But I continue to run into more and more websites and services that detect my VPN and refuse my connection, or just run literally 40 captchas in a row until I just give up.

I use Proton because it has a "suite" of products under a single subscription, but that benefit is losing it's allure as some of their products are pretty shitty from a user experience perspective, their customer support is atrocious, and they don't seem to pay any attention to what their users actually want.

Does anyone track known VPN servers? Is there a specific provider that causes less problems? Does anyone test different VPNs for detection?

Thinking about cancelling my subscription and moving to Mullvad.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (14 children)

Yeah I used to do that before they broke all of them. Used the Stealth app every day but it stopped working a few months ago. Possibly due to VPN, don't really know exactly how that service works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (12 children)

redlib is the updated version of libreddit & it seems to have circumvented the issues reddit caused so maybe consider giving it another try.

I think stealth also broke when they removed free API access. although, you can still use the webscraping mode by changing it in the settings I believe. if u want another option maybe try out RedReader or Geddit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (10 children)

I'll try Redlib, thanks for the heads up.

Edit:

The official instance is hosted at https://redlib.matthew.science

It's already broken.

Stealth continued working for a few months after they killed the API.

RedReader is just a terrible app, if I'm honest.

Will try Geddit but I doubt they will hold up to Stealth. It was so good :'(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The official instance is hosted at https://redlib.matthew.science

It’s already broken.

Their server is down, but I haven't seen a Redlib instance get blocked by Reddit. Try another instance like safereddit.com or check out the entire list of instances: https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib-instances/blob/main/instances.md

LibRedirect should also automatically fetch the list and allow you to choose instances you like

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Their server is down

Yes that sort of thing seems to happen frequently with these type of platforms. LibReddit, Piped, Invidious, Bibliogram, etc.

It's too much hassle to constantly be trying to chase down a functioning instance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

LibRedirect automates most of that for you. Also, I've been using safereddit.com for over 6 months and never had any issues. Just try it out and see if it works for you :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

LibRedirect automates most of that for you

How does it do that?

Just try it out and see if it works for you :)

Already did, did not work at all. Constantly redirected me to broken webpages.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It fetches an updated list of working instances. It also has a built-in tool that let's you ping all instances and remove the broken ones. I'm pretty sure this will work well, even if you remove all instances except for safereddit.com. That's another way you can use it: Just find one working instance and remove all the others.