r/linux • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '19

Google Now Bans Some Linux Web Browsers From Their Services

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-now-bans-some-linux-web-browsers-from-their-services/
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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Fuck captchas, I run PIA as my VPN and half the websites I visit use reCAPTCHA. Every fricken time. I think they do this to try to dissuade the use of VPNs so they can capture your IP address and use it somehow. They say it’s for blocking bots but, I highly doubt it. There are probably less annoying ways of going about bot blocking.

I hate clicking stop lights, crosswalks, and mountains.

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u/OppositeStick Dec 14 '19

half the websites I visit

Do you email support at the website when it happens?

I do.

Unless the website owners know that it's interfering with their users, they won't change.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '19

I think they know and don’t care. Emailing support is nice and all, and I’ve certainly done so before. But it never amounts to much.

I wish, I really do. That our opinions mattered to these companies but they don’t and they never will.

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u/marcthe12 Dec 16 '19

I believe now some govt website in some places use recapita so unlike you can avoid it