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This is IP based blocking. You can get around it by creating a Reddit account, or logging in. I Just did that on my remote browser app, the demo of which is her

This is IP based blocking. You can get around it by creating a Reddit account, or logging in. I Just did that on my remote browser app, the demo of which is here: https://puter.com/app/cloudtabs-browserbox https://puter.com/app/cloudtabs-browserbox If you read past the "Woah, there pardner." You'll see a paragraph that says, Try logging in or creating an account here to get back to browsing. This works. You can use reddit if you just create an account or sign in. I guess this is IP-based blocking to counter bots. edit: Oh boy, these tiny servers are not meant for this kind of hug. They may suffer!

thih9 3y ago
Edit: parent commenter seems to be promoting their product. Looks like a random remote browser, perhaps avoid entering important credentials there. Didn't work for me. I tried creating an account[1] moments ago; after filling out the form and submitting, I got back: "an error occurred (status: 403)". [1]: https://old.reddit.com/login/ https://old.reddit.com/login/
- keepamovin 3y ago
  OK, I don't know. Did you try just visiting some random reddit website from the remote browser I provided? edit: I just tried again on a fresh CloudTabs browser and I could successfully create an account and sign in to reddit. So this does work! What did you try? I think it might matter how you arrive at reddit. Try going through the address bar search to a sub you like, rather than pasting in a direct "login to reddit" URL. Idk for sure, but that might be more sus to their systems haha! :) You need to click through a Captcha (at least I did ~ first time I got 1 "bicycle", this time I got 1 "motorbikes" and 1 "stairs"). Perhaps they adapt their IP blocking, this demo only uses 4 IPs globally. Maybe if we push too many users through there, they'll block anyway?? Idk. Anyway, I just tested after your comment and it worked so we'll need to discover what happened for you.
  - thih9 3y ago
    My setup doesn’t include a remote browser and I’d prefer not to add one. I listed what I’m using - safari desktop, nordvpn, the sign up link that I checked is in the grandparent comment. This worked earlier for me, now it doesn’t.
    - keepamovin 3y ago
      No worries! That must suck that you can't get on reddit via vpn. I noticed the change a while ago, but was like 'blargh old still works'. So I really appreciated your post today that old no longer works! Re connecting: I'm just sayin you can still connect to reddit over a remote IP if you login/signup per my tests.
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- maroonblazer 3y ago
  Works for me.
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- keepamovin 3y ago
  > Edit: parent commenter seems to be promoting their product. Looks like a random remote browser, perhaps avoid entering important credentials there. True. Maybe I should have put a full disclosure? I thought it was obvious, but I get if it wasn't. I'm sorry for not being more clear! It's a good point to advise people to avoid entering important credentials in something that probably looks untrusted. I'd also advise that at this stage as we have no SLAs for now, and are just testing this SaaS-to-be demo of this source-available product: https://github.com/BrowserBox/BrowserBox https://github.com/BrowserBox/BrowserBox Thank you for pointing out the reasonable and important security concerns. Although I should have probably done that myself, I was just so eager to help! Aside: I am surprised tho that you were unable to even login on your VPN. I would think that the IP blocks we run the browser form and those of a VPN would be in the same category of 'cloud IPs', so why should it work on CloudTabs but fail for you directly on a VPN? Who knows?
TomSwirly 3y ago
> "Woah, there pardner." Cutesie error messages aren't funny even the first time, and by the tenth time they are wildly annoying. > if you just create an account "Just"
- hyperdimension 3y ago
  I remember getting a laptop with Windows 8 about ten years ago and upon turning it on, the Out-of Box Experience (OOBE) "greeted" me, something like 'Hi. We're getting things set up for you' "Hi?" "We?" You are a piece of software. There is no "we" here. I can't even begin to express how infantilizing that sounds to my ears. Anyway, I didn't last long on Windows for that laptop. /rant
  - xandrius 3y ago
    You're not the target user.
    - hyperdimension 3y ago
      I know. A few years later, I was helping my mom set up a new laptop and during the same OOBE, I made pretty much the same comment, and she seemed to think it was just fine or at least not weird-sounding. Come to think of it, I wonder if it's for the same thing that gets people to refer to Google Assistant/Siri/et c. as 'she'. I've noticed that a lot also.
      - nullindividual 3y ago
        It's normal behavior, we assign gender to all sorts of objects be they made of metal and float on water or are just a series of electrons informing metal gates. The message is fine for the true target audience which is vastly different from the audience of the 80s and 90s. Microsoft and Apple (well, Apple HAS been using friendly language since the 80s!) are smart to use friendly language. Plus, it gets us all used to our corporate god-kings when we're dominated by the AI angels.
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thih9 3y ago

Edit: parent commenter seems to be promoting their product. Looks like a random remote browser, perhaps avoid entering important credentials there. Didn't work for me. I tried creating an account[1] moments ago; after filling out the form and submitting, I got back: "an error occurred (status: 403)". [1]: https://old.reddit.com/login/ https://old.reddit.com/login/

keepamovin 3y ago
OK, I don't know. Did you try just visiting some random reddit website from the remote browser I provided? edit: I just tried again on a fresh CloudTabs browser and I could successfully create an account and sign in to reddit. So this does work! What did you try? I think it might matter how you arrive at reddit. Try going through the address bar search to a sub you like, rather than pasting in a direct "login to reddit" URL. Idk for sure, but that might be more sus to their systems haha! :) You need to click through a Captcha (at least I did ~ first time I got 1 "bicycle", this time I got 1 "motorbikes" and 1 "stairs"). Perhaps they adapt their IP blocking, this demo only uses 4 IPs globally. Maybe if we push too many users through there, they'll block anyway?? Idk. Anyway, I just tested after your comment and it worked so we'll need to discover what happened for you.
- thih9 3y ago
  My setup doesn’t include a remote browser and I’d prefer not to add one. I listed what I’m using - safari desktop, nordvpn, the sign up link that I checked is in the grandparent comment. This worked earlier for me, now it doesn’t.
  - keepamovin 3y ago
    No worries! That must suck that you can't get on reddit via vpn. I noticed the change a while ago, but was like 'blargh old still works'. So I really appreciated your post today that old no longer works! Re connecting: I'm just sayin you can still connect to reddit over a remote IP if you login/signup per my tests.
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maroonblazer 3y ago
Works for me.
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keepamovin 3y ago
> Edit: parent commenter seems to be promoting their product. Looks like a random remote browser, perhaps avoid entering important credentials there. True. Maybe I should have put a full disclosure? I thought it was obvious, but I get if it wasn't. I'm sorry for not being more clear! It's a good point to advise people to avoid entering important credentials in something that probably looks untrusted. I'd also advise that at this stage as we have no SLAs for now, and are just testing this SaaS-to-be demo of this source-available product: https://github.com/BrowserBox/BrowserBox https://github.com/BrowserBox/BrowserBox Thank you for pointing out the reasonable and important security concerns. Although I should have probably done that myself, I was just so eager to help! Aside: I am surprised tho that you were unable to even login on your VPN. I would think that the IP blocks we run the browser form and those of a VPN would be in the same category of 'cloud IPs', so why should it work on CloudTabs but fail for you directly on a VPN? Who knows?

TomSwirly 3y ago

> "Woah, there pardner." Cutesie error messages aren't funny even the first time, and by the tenth time they are wildly annoying. > if you just create an account "Just"

hyperdimension 3y ago
I remember getting a laptop with Windows 8 about ten years ago and upon turning it on, the Out-of Box Experience (OOBE) "greeted" me, something like 'Hi. We're getting things set up for you' "Hi?" "We?" You are a piece of software. There is no "we" here. I can't even begin to express how infantilizing that sounds to my ears. Anyway, I didn't last long on Windows for that laptop. /rant
- xandrius 3y ago
  You're not the target user.
  - hyperdimension 3y ago
    I know. A few years later, I was helping my mom set up a new laptop and during the same OOBE, I made pretty much the same comment, and she seemed to think it was just fine or at least not weird-sounding. Come to think of it, I wonder if it's for the same thing that gets people to refer to Google Assistant/Siri/et c. as 'she'. I've noticed that a lot also.
    - nullindividual 3y ago
      It's normal behavior, we assign gender to all sorts of objects be they made of metal and float on water or are just a series of electrons informing metal gates. The message is fine for the true target audience which is vastly different from the audience of the 80s and 90s. Microsoft and Apple (well, Apple HAS been using friendly language since the 80s!) are smart to use friendly language. Plus, it gets us all used to our corporate god-kings when we're dominated by the AI angels.
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