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RANT: I hate the fact that my ISP can restrict access to certain sites (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How can it possibly be, that an ISP, which I'm paying for gets to decid, which sites I'm allowed to have access to, and which not?

All the torrenting sites are restricted. I know, I can use VPN, and such... but I want to do it because of my privacy concerns and not because of some higher-up decided to bend over for the lobbying industry.

While on the other hand, if there's a data breach of a legit big-corp website (looking at you FB), I'm still able to access it, they get fined with a fraction of their revenue, and I'm still left empty-handed. What a hipocracy!!

What comes next? Are they gonna restrict me from using lemmy too, bc some lobbyist doesn't like the fact that it's a decentralized system which they have no control over?

Rant, over!

I didn't even know that my router was using my ISPs DNS, and that I can just ditch it, even though I'm running AdGuard (selfhosted)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ProtonVPN free plan is good though. There's no reason not to trust them, Proton is a privacy company and their business model is very clear. Also, their apps are completely free and open source. Windscribe might also be an option, but they have bandwidth limits. Proton doesn't limit bandwidth, instead they only allow you to connect to a small amount servers in only 3 countries. They also block P2P on the free plan, but it's fine if you just want to get around censorship and browse the web.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, fair enough. My point still stands though: VPNs are a mere band-aid to the underlying issue, not a solution. You're merely shifting your trust from your ISP to another company, not fixing the problem.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always use a VPN, no matter what network I'm on. I don't need or want to trust my ISP, I just need to trust my VPN company. And when I don't trust my VPN anymore, I can easily switch to another one, while I can't switch ISPs that easily, because they actually own the fiber-optic cable that runs to my house. Censorship is not the only issue with ISPs, privacy is another reason why a trustworthy VPN is mandatory for me. You can't fix ISPs, they are garbage, and they will always be. But you can use a VPN, so you don't have to care about your ISP.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which is exactly my point. Not all VPN companies are trustworthy (I'd say most are not, tbh). You're still stuck trusting some third-party. The problem lies elsewhere. VPNs are a band aid.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Sure, but were never gonna fix ISPs, so I'm happily using this band-aid solution