Gcaptcha hates VPN users, and Firefox users [1, 2]. You can ameliorate this by being logged in in a google account (!). The cynic in me mutters something here a

Gcaptcha hates VPN users, and Firefox users [1, 2]. You can ameliorate this by being logged in in a google account (!). The cynic in me mutters something here about advertising. Cloudfare, on the other hand, sometimes just decides that the website said "nope" and blocks you. It's such a giant PITA. I spend a lot of time in two countries because of my job and family -- and one restaurant near my home in one of them has decided to block all IPv4 (but not ipv6...) connections to it with cloudfare. I used to look at their menu online, often on the days that I flew back (in the 'before times'). I have to use a VPN to get around that (their food is good!). Cloudfare recently started introducing obnoxious captcha requirements and occasionally outright blocking. The more people who use VPNs -- and I am sure they are on the rise -- the more it becomes normalised hopefully the more that this goes away. To be honest, it's a price worth paying for privacy at any rate. [1] https://grumpy.website/post/0RzW4elEN https://grumpy.website/post/0RzW4elEN [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20147015 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20147015