Lemmy to Privacy@lemmy.ml • edit-23 months agoReddit started blocking VPN users on old.reddit.comlemm.eeimagemessage-square230fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down118file-text
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1imageReddit started blocking VPN users on old.reddit.comlemm.eeLemmy to Privacy@lemmy.ml • edit-23 months agomessage-square230fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKid_Thunderlinkfedilink14•3 months agoIt is likely someone using the same VPN service using the same server or server on the same subnet was scraping data or similar and got blocked. Therefore you are too.
minus-square@delirious_owllink4•3 months agoI like how Activity Pub encourages sharing of content while annoying companies like reddit for stupid reasons see this activity as bad. If they dont want me to scrape, then why dont they just expose a rate limited public & free API…
minus-squareRandoCalrandianlinkfedilink2•3 months agoYeah I get that occasionally, swapping to another endpoint fixes it right up
It is likely someone using the same VPN service using the same server or server on the same subnet was scraping data or similar and got blocked. Therefore you are too.
I like how Activity Pub encourages sharing of content while annoying companies like reddit for stupid reasons see this activity as bad.
If they dont want me to scrape, then why dont they just expose a rate limited public & free API…
Because money.
Yeah I get that occasionally, swapping to another endpoint fixes it right up