The kind of things why I use NewPipe…
I dont think newpipe would protect from this since it still contacts the yt servers to pull the video. Peertube or a VPN would stop this though.

I just found out that Lemmy is not allowing (or has rate-limited, or whatever) VPN connections to post or react.

Not a fan of that at all.

I’m on a VPN without issue
World seems to be blocking NordVPN. Recommend another instance?
I use mullvad which hasn’t given me any issue
That’s my next stop after this contract runs out.
Could be your instance. World is behind cloudflare after all.
World and NordVPN. Recommend another instance?
Hmmm. Im on monero.town obviously and its not behind cloudflare, but i don’t have any specific recommendation. Easy way to tell if an instance is behind cf is to run a ping instance.tld from command line. If the average is like 20-40ms its likely cloudflare.
The instance my account is on, dbzer0, was set up by a former mod of the piracy subreddit. Can’t say for certain, but I’d expect that VPNs would work with it. The admin really seems to know his shit.
Now you’ve really piqued my interest. This may be the winner.
Having trouble verifying my email. Gonna see if it works without VPN.
Lol they denied my application. Nice.
Some instances, like mine, do not require an email address to join .
Using RiseUp VPN and no problem 👍👍