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does Reddit block my connection because i use a VPN? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by Tee_in_a_Skee_Mask@forum.guncadindex.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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same as title, recently got a new pc and installed my vpn from my thumb drive so i wouldnt connect to the internet at all without a VPN and i notice on this pc my connection gets blocked every time i try to go to reddit, which isnt often with fosscad being removed.

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Change the VPN location.

The point of having a VPN is to use many locations.

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I've generally had good luck doing this. They do blanket ban the majority of big VPN data centers, but jumping around a bit for a minute usually gets around this.

Though tbh my plan for today is to wipe and delete my account and set up Redlib.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You can't log in via redlib, IIRC. It is great just to read, though. I used it all the time.

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Oh yeah I know. It's for the best to stop interacting with that cesspit so I have no problem going read-only lmao

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That won't matter. VPNs typically use a known set of IPs, and services like Reddit that are run by surveillance capitalism companies simply block those known ranges (see also YouTube, for example).

[–] Xylarthen@kbin.earth 2 points 6 days ago

i tend to have pretty good luck swapping around with mullvad. eventually there's always one that works

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago

Then explain why if I get this error, I switch locations and don't get it. I've been dodging this for 2 years.

VPN blacklists are chasing a moving target. Only truly bad VPNs with few exit servers and IPs would manage to get fully blocked across any location.