CyborganismHey, so Reddit won't let you browse its site if you're using Proton VPN.
This is an issue with all popular VPNs on various websites. VPNs use shared IP addresses so just a few bad actors using that VPN can get it blocked for everyone. I can’t even load Google sometimes without multiple human verification checks.
Let’s not pretend it’s all about “bad actors”. They don’t want masked traffic at all, the “bad actors” gives them an excuse.
It seems to me like they blocked all VPN users.
This is reddit blocking all VPNs it can, and only on new reddit.
It has nothing to do with bad actors and everything to do with maximizing user data gathering.
only on new reddit
It’s also blocked for old.reddit.com.
If you just want to browse Reddit and have a user script extension installed, you can use LibReddit Redirector to browse via a third-party frontend without turning off your VPN.
apocalypticatMy experience with LibReddit:
“Failed to parse page JSON data: EOF while parsing a value at line 1 column 0 Reddit Status Head back home?”
Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼LibReddit is broken, use Redlib instead
Old.reddit.com
When that goes, it’s over.
It’s already over m8. Let it go, Mr. Frodo.
Oh I’ve let it go. I still visit for porn.
Why? Theres literally an instance called lemmynsfw with tons of nudes and vids
Let. It. Go.
They block VPNs there too, even with a longer text.
Can't login into old without having to go through cloudflare verification can.
Its done.
eatham 🇦🇺Try old.reddit.com
reddit: the front page of the internet
Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Get a constantly updating feed of breaking news, fun stories, pics, memes, and videos just for you. Passionate about something niche? Reddit has thousands of vibrant communities with people that share your interests. Alternatively, find out what’s trending across all of Reddit on r/popular. Reddit is also anonymous so you can be yourself, with your Reddit profile and persona disconnected from your real-world identity.
That’s being blocked, too
BlazeThat’s new, interesting
No, that’s old…
Just make a throwaway account. The VPNs work fine when you’re signed in.
I know that’s not an acceptable answer for some but if they want to associate you with a throwaway account that could be anyone on the VPN, let them.
henfredemarsIt disables sign in on my VPN with “unknown error.”
No I deleted my Reddit account for a reason. I just go sneak sometimes to see what’s happening in my old community. Sometimes steal some posts and put them up here.
Lemmy Sparkling LemonadeI have Proton VPN on my phone, I use RedReader app to browse reddit, works fine. I havent used my laptop in a long time, I’ll have to see what happens, has Proton VPN also. I have a paid plan with them.
Chemical WonkaThe same with Mullvad
I managed to log in with a vpn by using a third party login thing. “Sign in with Apple”. I don’t mind as much since it lets me use a proxy email.
Second comment, the only browser I got this message on my laptop is Mull, but Firefox w/o addons, Brave browser and Tor all allowed me to view reddit dot com with my VPN on.
Tregetour2023 turned web2 platforms into the Thing, and turned us into MacReady.
(Instagram: I was always the Thing! blargghhhgalzklgrkffz)
Yea I ran into the same thing about 2 months ago, haven’t even gone back to check it. lemmy.world/post/14769888
I’d just be grateful you found Lemmy. I suspect Reddit is mostly bot spam at this point hidden as real users. Sucks that so many old posts are now being gatekept, a pinnacle of the real enshittification that’s happening right now.
Oh for sure.
It’s just sometimes it feels a bit lonely in my main communities. I’m a francophone Quebecois and there isn’t a lot of us on Lemmy. Most of them didn’t seem to care about the whole API thing and don’t seem to care about the bots and the AI either.
The Quebecois are creatures of habit and one they’ve settled down on something it’s hard to make them change.
President CamachoBen non, je pense qu’on est au moins 3…
ReveredOxygenReddit is a high proportion of tech issue search results. “just use lemmy” doesn’t solve anything
Yes from time to time i get the same. It does rectify itself
red.artemislena.eu
Or other Redlib instances: github.com/redlib-org/…/instances.md
No shit. We don’t need a weekly post.
Proton has a bajillion servers. It shouldn’t take long to find one that isn’t blocked. Save it as a profile.
VPNs in general and for quite a long time now.
You can use LibRedirect to use a different frontend (please note that a lot of the alternative instances for other sites are pretty much broken).
You can use LibRedirect to use a different frontend (please note that a lot of the alternative instances for other sites are pretty much broken).
Use Redlib with LibRedirect to automatically redirect all Reddit links. Libreddit and Teddit are broken.
Wow, it’s the same for Mozilla VPN (Mulvulla) which doesn’t even pretemt you’re from a different country.
MacN'CheezusWorks for me. Maybe try a different server?
You have to be logged in for it to work.
TwigI think there’s an Adblock rule to get around this.
That would surprise me. Companies like Akamai maintain very up-to-date lists of Tor exit nodes, commercial VPN exit nodes, etc. My employer uses Akamai and blocks all traffic from Tor given the huge volume of malicious traffic coming from it. It would be trivial for us to block VPN traffic as well if we wanted to. Those blocks occur on Akamai’s systems before it ever makes it to ours. No browser-based tool is going to get around an IP based block like that.
No idea if Reddit is doing something similar here, but my guess is they are.
Same for mullvad. Most servers are blocked, although you can still find some that aren’t.
Reddit sucks now anyway so fuck 'em.
I haven’t had issues and I use protonvpn on old.reddit.com
Not just them but old.reddit.com works fine usually.
The internet is becoming worst and worst to use everyday with a VPN. Using Private Browsing… on Firefox? That’s a triple signal for you to fuck off from any stock traded company’s website.
Worse and worse*
Private Internet Access is a solid VPN but is definitely flagged by any sites pulling this bullshit.
RememberTheApollo_Really? I use PIA all the time and haven’t had any issues with normal internet usage including reddit. Wirst I get is google making me check a captcha box once in a while.
PIA was bought out and is currently owned by an ad company.
Well shit. Gotta find a new one then.
I’ve been very happy with the whole Proton suite for almost 4 years now (though, I’ve never used the free plan)
PIA was bought out and is currently owned by an ad company.
Any suggestions that haven’t been? I don’t stay in the loop, I think I heard that they had been but so had everyone else, basically.
I’ve been using Proton for 4ish years now and like it. Email, VPN, drive, and calendar. I use something else instead of proton pass, but just for diversity.
Yeah I already have web/mail hosting, and the rest self hosted. How is proton with getting flagged by sites and swimming in captchas or outright blocks? I kinda just assumed they all struggled with that these days.
I don’t struggle a lot with it. Occasionally I’ll have an issues, but it’s not bad at all. Sometimes I have to switch severs, but I’ll usually find a working one in 1-2 tries.
The only outright block I run into is sometimes .gov sites won’t let me in unless I’m set to a us server.
Depends on the server. I rarely am over there, but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t
I use the Switzerland server if it or another site does this.