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> Have you considered setting up your own VPN? That would make the ip "clean" and get less captchas, right?

And would negate any anonymity offered by using a VPN.

Tor : Anonymity :: VPN : Privacy

VPNs do not provide anonymity.

I think you misunderstood -- I parsed it as "And using a VPN would negate any anonymity offered (by using Tor)".