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> 3. ProtonVPN: Good on paper, totally untrusted and blocked by the internet. I can't navigate without filling 10 captchas or just be outright blocked. Even re

• wkat4242 2y ago
  Yes! I run Firefox on Linux and I constantly get captcha'd everywhere (by that typical cloudflare loading page) because I'm not part of the 95% that runs Windows or Mac. Cloudflare is an awful thing for the internet.
  • unmole 2y ago
    I run Firefox on Linux and I rarely encounter Cloudflare captchas.
    • SSLy 2y ago
      cloudflare seethes at firefox users that have strict tracking protections enabled. OTOH it's still much less violent than hCaptcha or google. Especially if you install their PoW pass extension.
      • wkat4242 2y ago
        And yes I see your edit, Sometimes with google captcha I just end up in a never ending loop.
      • wkat4242 2y ago
        Ahhh and yes, I have this too. Not only the Firefox tracking protection but also uBlock origin with all the lists enabled (and some custom ones too).
    • wkat4242 2y ago
      Strange, I get them so much. It might be because I tweaked my user agent. I had to do this, because Microsoft is being obstinate and disabling a lot of M365 features if you're on Firefox on Linux. When I set my UA to Edge it suddenly works totally fine. I'm just a bit stuck with M365 due to my work, unfortunately.
      • cpach 2y ago
        In that case you might want to consider keeping a separate Firefox profile for M365. Then you can have the alternative UA string only in that profile.
      • owenthejumper 2y ago
        So you answered the question right? You are blaming CF yet your change is causing CF to detect you as an untrusted browser. Not their fault.
        • wkat4242 2y ago
          No because there's nothing "untrusted" about my browser. Just because I'm not a slave of big tech?
          • owenthejumper 2y ago
            It's not really "big tech slavery", cmon. A large majority of bots on the internet try to fake their User Agent to pretend to be someone else. Unfortunately, your browser does the same. When they compare your browsers signature with the expected user agent and real user agent, they find discrepancy and flag your browser as suspicious. The real solution is to only modify your user agent for the MS apps you have trouble with, and all your captchas will disappear.
            • wkat4242 2y ago
              No they don't because I had them too before I started using M365 and had to edit the UA. Maybe not as much, but I think the tracking protection also has a lot to do with it like another poster said.
  • pmdr 2y ago
    We're clearly in the non-Chrome, non-Windows/macOS minority that Big Tech can pretty much safely ignore.
• Foobar8568 2y ago
  I get banned within 5 minutes when I browse Hermes or LV websites, fun stuff...
  • SSLy 2y ago
    I got banned from dash.cloudflare.com because apparently opening a few new tabs quickly is enough…
    • squarefoot 2y ago
      That would be extremely stupid from their part as it checks with a browser merely restarting with or recalling the latest session.
      • SSLy 2y ago
        well, I can trigger it again and post a screencap if you don't believe me. Shall I?