• remon@ani.social
    3·
    1 day ago

    But that’s not a thing I want running 24/7, let alone just to browse lemmy.

    Why not?

    • Dave@lemmy.nz
      3·
      1 day ago

      Browsing lemmy is probably fine, but the general internet is a god damn nightmare to browse on a VPN. Can’t load that one reddit search result with what you need. Endless google captchas making you do traffic light after traffic light and won’t let you pass no matter how many you do, on sites you didn’t even know used google. Downloading games from GOG is capped at like 0.5Mbps. And I’ve had plenty of instances of cloudflare blocking VPNs to certain sites.

        • Dave@lemmy.nz
          2·
          22 hours ago

          I have, thanks. The impossible to complete captchas are the worst for me, so many sites that are basically broken.

      • remon@ani.social
        4·
        1 day ago

        My VPN is on 100% of the time. The only thing I can confirm is that reddit sometimes blocks my VPN (guess there IP list isn’t quite complete), but in that case I just use a libreddit frontend (should do that anyway).

        Downloading games from GOG is capped at like 0.5Mbps.

        Are you using a free one? I at least get 500 mbps download through my vpn, usually more.

        • Dave@lemmy.nz
          2·
          22 hours ago

          No it’s a paid VPN, and it starts fast but after the first 500GB or so it slows right down.

          I do suspect many of the issues are from activity on the VPN rather than specific VPN blocking, but that doesn’t change the issues.

          How do you handle the Google Captchas that never end? That was the worst part for me.

          • remon@ani.social
            3·
            22 hours ago

            How do you handle the Google Captchas that never end? That was the worst part for me.

            I guess I don’t get them because I’m logged in with my google account?

            Cloudflare is more annoying, but I usually just get the checkbox, rarely do I have to select busses/bikes/trafficlights etc.

            • Dave@lemmy.nz
              3·
              22 hours ago

              Ah haha, I actively avoid using google so don’t log in to an account. If you don’t mind me asking, if corporate surveillance isn’t what you’re avoiding, what’s the main reason you’re using a VPN?