alt Hacker NewsI'm a bit curious about how that works. I love Mullvad but routinely I find sites like Reddit completely block it. Even yesterday someone posted a Debian wiki link[0] and I was blocked. It's not all of them but Reddit is a big killer. So I thought China would block all of them (aren't they known?)
Fwiw I'm not switching from mullvad
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I've found the "visit anonymously" functionality offered by Startpage gets around the problem in a pinch. It tends to break the site you're visiting a little, but masks your IP, allowing you access without shutting down your VPN.
Yeah reddits weird because last I checked you can access it on TOR but not Mullvad ( though if you server hop enough you can usually slip through )
I use obscura—which routes through mullvad—and the reddit problem is very annoying.
I finally hit the point of searching for mirrors yesterday and turns out, they exist.[0]
It’s really only suitable for lurking or being able to view search results, but it has eased the pain a bit.
0: reddit-viewer.com
While using mullvad reddit doesn’t block access if you’re signed in.
So, login without mullvad, turn it on after that and it should work.
my current mullvad endpoint seems to be blocked by flathub (blocking package updates). nixos wiki is also blocked
How do other providers avoid this issue? Do they keep changing IPs or is the traffic that comes out of Mullvad worse in quality somehow?
Use the Tor Onion Service [1] for Reddit instead. You never leave Tor so you don't have to deal with the usual exit node problems. No need for a commercial VPN.
[1]: https://www.reddittorjg6rue252oqsxryoxengawnmo46qy4kyii5wtqn...