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I'm using this setup as well (I have Ansible to do it), but for some websites those use Akamai CDN will block you if your exit IP is from well-known networks li
by a012 7y ago
I'm using this setup as well (I have Ansible to do it), but for some websites those use Akamai CDN will block you if your exit IP is from well-known networks like VPN providers, AWS, DO, etc.
- intopieces 7y agoYes this has been my trouble as well, to the point that sometimes I switch off the VPN with piHole and just rely on a commercial VPN that rolls IPs + adblocker software for those occasions. Imperfect, and expensive comparatively
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoI'm surprised that commercial vpns don't offer an ad blocking option; from their perspective, it's not only a great feature to market, but it reduces their bandwidth costs.
- ridgewell 7y agoTo be perfectly fair, a good chunk of VPN providers primarily see P2P/bulk downloading and streaming traffic. Ordinary web browsing probably isn't a significant part of VPN traffic when you think about it. Agree it would reduce bandwidth costs, but there's also a cost to maintaining such infrastructure.