I use Proton. But I continue to run into more and more websites and services that detect my VPN and refuse my connection, or just run literally 40 captchas in a row until I just give up.
I use Proton because it has a “suite” of products under a single subscription, but that benefit is losing it’s allure as some of their products are pretty shitty from a user experience perspective, their customer support is atrocious, and they don’t seem to pay any attention to what their users actually want.
Does anyone track known VPN servers? Is there a specific provider that causes less problems? Does anyone test different VPNs for detection?
Thinking about cancelling my subscription and moving to Mullvad.
Mullvad, haven’t had any issues with it. If a site refuses my connection I just change servers until it works, even found a few that work on reddit
Reddit is one of the main problems for sure.
have you considered using alternatives front ends for some of the major social platforms?
I use libreddit/redlib to browse reddit. you can run an instance locally or connect to remote ones. this way your IP isn’t logged by reddit in the first place & no JavaScript is required to be run for the website to function properly.
there is even an extension called libredirect which can automatically swap clicked reddit (& other platforms) links to the same page on public frontends, which removes the hasstle of manually changing the URL.
Yeah I used to do that before they broke all of them. Used the Stealth app every day but it stopped working a few months ago. Possibly due to VPN, don’t really know exactly how that service works.
Redlib works perfectly, I think they use IPv6 address rotation to evade IP bans
redlib is the updated version of libreddit & it seems to have circumvented the issues reddit caused so maybe consider giving it another try.
I think stealth also broke when they removed free API access. although, you can still use the webscraping mode by changing it in the settings I believe. if u want another option maybe try out RedReader or Geddit.
Btw you can also use normal third-party clients with your custom developer API key, there’s a patched version of Apollo for iOS/iPadOS (you can download it from AltStore using their custom repository, it’s explained on the website) and ReVanced offers a patch for Infinity on Android. The patched Apollo version has a quick guide on how to get an API Key, it works with all apps that support these custom keys though:
I’ll try Redlib, thanks for the heads up.
Edit:
It’s already broken.
Stealth continued working for a few months after they killed the API.
RedReader is just a terrible app, if I’m honest.
Will try Geddit but I doubt they will hold up to Stealth. It was so good :'(
Their server is down, but I haven’t seen a Redlib instance get blocked by Reddit. Try another instance like safereddit.com or check out the entire list of instances: https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib-instances/blob/main/instances.md
LibRedirect should also automatically fetch the list and allow you to choose instances you like
Yes that sort of thing seems to happen frequently with these type of platforms. LibReddit, Piped, Invidious, Bibliogram, etc.
It’s too much hassle to constantly be trying to chase down a functioning instance.
LibRedirect automates most of that for you. Also, I’ve been using safereddit.com for over 6 months and never had any issues. Just try it out and see if it works for you :)
I would avoid trying to make sure you use the “official instance” as it kind of works against the projects purpose of decentralizing web requests. pinging around instances helps with avoiding outages as well. you can find active instances here on the uptime monitor.
otherwise, stealth should work just fine if u turn on webscraping mode. I have been using it since the reddit changes with only very occasional issues, as similar to you I have some quams with alternative reddit clients.
I would but I didn’t know where to find them.
Thanks
Nope
Geddit also doesn’t do anything but a constant loading indicator.
oh damn I see sorry u can’t get the apps to work I guess I’ll do a little digging on my side. in the mean time I hope I’ve been at least somewhat helpful haha 🙏
Comment saved, thanks.
Have you considered not using Reddit?
I don’t use Reddit. Just browse. As soon as Reddit is no longer a veritable cornucopia of information I’ll stop doing that.
If you don’t need to log in, I would recommend a private frontend like Redlib (fork of Libreddit) together with the LibRedirect browser extension