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Reddit started blocking VPN users on old.reddit.com (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by lemmylem@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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At this point, I'm not even going to bother trying to go on there anymore.

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[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think the only four I have set to block are reddit, twitter, facebook's products and fandom. A shame those are always the top 10 results from any search.

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait, why fandom?

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Every annoying thing ever invented is embedded in every single fandom page. Ads, twitch streams, ads, personality polls, ads, content gating behind login, ads, sidebars, ads, popups, ads, "share with facebook", ads, "Tweets from thisguy", ads, "Check us out on tiktok", ads, ads, ads and some more ads...

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

UBlock Origin?

I use fandom for my favourite artists

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've tried. Check how large the list got before I completely blocked the domain a couple years ago. And it STILL let stuff through, as they constantly add more crud that infests the pages. The focus isn't on the content, it's on the revenue... and they push hard on the revenue. I bet every single module has an extensive list of trackers attached.

! https://*.fandom.com
fandom.com###WikiaBar
fandom.com##.mcf-wrapper
fandom.com##.wds-global-footer__main
fandom.com##.message
fandom.com##.global-navigation__top
fandom.com##.is-visible.fandom-sticky-header
fandom.com##.wds-global-footer
fandom.com##.page-side-tools__wrapper
fandom.com##.featured-video__wrapper
fandom.com##.discord-module.rail-module
fandom.com###mixed-content-footer
fandom.com###SurveyModule
fandom.com##.global-navigation
fandom.com##.wikia-bar-anon.wikia-bar
fandom.com##.mw-parser-output > div:nth-of-type(2)
fandom.com###highlight__main-container

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

In my case, I've blocked 3rd party JS, the rest of the rules are actually to get the page working rather than blocking stuff