VPNs top App Store charts as Online Safety Act age checks kick in
... Who would have thought?
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Yup.
At least the petition has 300,000 votes now at least.
Though I think I might see if I can get a cheap vps off lowendbox just to mess with
That's probably better than a commercial VPN, we know that their IPs get blocked. Depends how scared companies are of the regulator.
Reddit blocks my oracle server so I assume they probably block most hosting vps's IP addresses
Fun fact, you have to go into an account and verify you're of legal age for most big phone networks in the UK before they'll let you see adult content.
Simple on/off switch for the account with parental settings.
The whole protect the kids thing? Absolute fabrication.
Doesn't stop them connecting to WiFi at the local coffee shop though. Plenty of open WiFi networks around with very little filtering on them.
True, though that's just begging to use a VPN anyway.
Wow, who could have predicted this? Such a baffling mystery this is.
/S
So the VPN companies make money, and everything remains the same. Except for the people that can't afford VPN's. So, it's just fuck the poor. One more thing they need to make a monthly payment to, that they can't afford to.
Well, I'm not sure if it's advisable, but you could also use the Tor browser. At least, that's what I do to reach the pirate bay, which is blocked in my country.
I mean, ProtonVPN is non-profit and free, and anyone can download Tor. But yes, I still agree with you that it's definitely restricting people.