I haven’t been able to post anything for the last two days. I don’t know if I was banned for a bit or not since I received no notice or warning.

If it wasn’t a ban what happened?

  • Alpha71@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    52·
    2 months ago

    I have surfshark but I only run it when I’m torrenting. (since that’s all VPN’s are pretty much good for nowadays.)

    • ABCDE@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 months ago

      VPNs are very useful for many different purposes, just nothing (except torrenting) which you need.

      • Alpha71@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        35·
        2 months ago

        List them. 90% of websites I visit have either reduced features (ie; can’t post or comment) or completely block any access to them when using a VPN.

        • ABCDE@lemmy.world
          51·
          2 months ago

          I don’t think I’ve ever had that issue except for some streaming stuff.

          You can search online instead of demanding I list reasons.

          • Alpha71@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            24·
            2 months ago

            You’re the one who made the argument that there were plenty of uses. The onus is on you to back up your suppositions. Not me.

            • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
              2·
              2 months ago

              I’m not who you originally asked, but one of the things other than torrenting that I use a VPN for is bypassing arbitrary geo-restrictions on websites. A lot of (mostly US) websites don’t allow you to access them if you aren’t in the country, or in some cases, if you don’t live in the right state.

              • Alpha71@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
                22·
                2 months ago

                I’ve used it for that too, but even that’s going away. Pretty soon I think ISP’s (or governments) will clamp down on VPN’s. Or they will make the argument that if you want to use a VPN, then you can only use “THEIR” VPN