• quick_snail@feddit.nl
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      3 days ago

      Yes, that’s a bullshit lie. They give that error when they false-postive ban you, usually when you’re using some tech to prevent them from tracking/fingerprinting you and selling your info.

      Because, they have a policy of “fuck marginalized folks like domestic abuse survivors and refugees”, apparently

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        I think it’s just VPN usage cause I block their attempts to send my data to third parties like Meta, Google, and Mixpanel—yet I can browse Imgur just fine in both Firefox and in the app.

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          2 days ago

          That means they’re tracking you. Probably should fix your issue on Firefox and uninstall the app.

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      I use it daily and never have an issue. I wish there was a better site I could use cause it amazes me how often the app attempts to send my personal data to Meta (which I block, of course). But unfortunately Lemmy alone isn’t enough to satisfy my need for fresh content ever since I left reddit during the API bullshit.

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      Yep, its VPN. The other thing that breaks imgur are some of privacy/spoof/security settings in Firefox. That said, I am in the same boat…been a while since I have used it to scroll

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      That’s them filtering VPN ips. If you try jumping to a lesser used server, you’ll probably see the site working.

      Recently, most internet sites and especially those relying in cloudflare are filtering VPNs, and often blacklisting IPs just because it hurts their bottom-line.