Fwiw I'm not switching from mullvad
[1]: https://www.reddittorjg6rue252oqsxryoxengawnmo46qy4kyii5wtqn...
The Tor service does not work. It's been unmaintained for years.
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
If you're not just lurking, log in and reddit doesn't block you.
I'd also like to ask people not to block this way. It creates LOTS of false positives. There's much better ways to handle bots and this tactic seems particularly dumb for Reddit given they want users from places like China or elsewhere where a VPN might be required. Not to mention people using public WiFi. It's not like VPNs are uncommon these days.
If you must ban IPa then do so with a timeout and easing function. So that each hit results in a longer ban time. Bots want to move fast so even a few seconds ban time will make them switch IPs while not impacting most users (who will refresh)
So, login without mullvad, turn it on after that and it should work.
The question is "if reddit can block mullvad why can't China".
Some of their own contractors may well depend on Mullvad. Perhaps as long as the overall "civilian" volume and user count remains acceptably low, the cost-benefit estimate may well be in favour of letting it slip by. (And for the civilians that do use a working variant, subject their connections to fine-grained traffic analysis.)
