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Not to mention that it's not just a matter of filling some random words anymore but more like a "neverending" cycle of identifying buses and traffic lights which can last 5+ minutes. I must have identified more buses for Google than I've actually seen irl :(

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Especially when you hop on a VPN; I kid you not I have to spent literally 20 straight minutes following this bs. It’s infuriating for someone who self-respects their privacy.

Maybe try a personal VPN on digital ocean? You'd be guaranteed a clean IP that only you have access to, as it's very likely CF only flags VPN IPs because some malicious traffic is coming from them. The only issues with this are sites that block the digital ocean ASN (like Crunchyroll).

How many other VPNs are operating out of Digital Ocean?

I know torguard, at least for their wireguard endpoints, operates out of Digital Ocean.

Sorry, i was too vague. There are a bunch of VPNs running in DO. If you don't want to look like a VPN, it's not a great place to be.

Actually, not sure on DO's "relations" with VPNs. I've heard they're pretty strict on what you do since they're a somewhat small company that focuses on "droplets"/instances.

Personally I'd reccomend AWS or GCP given the free credits anyways.

Yeah this works. If you're going to setup AlgoVPN might as well set it up on multiple locations (which I speculate is probably going to cost you n times more, given the n number of locations you choose).

AlgoVPN works great regardless of provider. It's more secure and private than public VPNs (not to mention fast).

This comparatively to stuff like ExpressVPN where I had to go through the aforementioned hurdles.

I set up a Shopify store from China (where a VPN is mandatory), and eventually had to tell Shopify to delete the site because I literally couldn't complete the captchas any more to access it. Couldn't even back up anything before bailing.

Before the complete lockout it was taking around 20 minutes of busses, bikes, sidewalks, and stoplights each login. Nasty feeling when you come back and you realize you have to log back in for some reason.

Isn’t this more of a function of the totalitarian regime that requires you to use a VPN, than CloudFlare?

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