YSK: You can browse reddit with a VPN by using RedLib

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨youshouldknow@lemmy.world⁩

Why YSK: If you use a VPN, (which you likely have at some point) you have probably encountered this:
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really annoying! Today I had enough and googled a way around it.

Here’s the instance that i used today as an example:
redlib.ducks.party

github repo for more information & other instances:
github.com/redlib-org/redlib

It’s not possible to interact with any of the information like replying or upvoting, but for simply getting a niche question answered it’s pretty helpful.

Not fully related, but I would only recommend it for information that isn’t on lemmy, it’s best to try to move content over to here if possible.
I kinda want to make some communities for stuff I have to use reddit for, but I mainly use Voyager (mobile) which doesn’t have all the options to operate a server and I wouldn’t want to get in trouble if I fail to moderate it properly or something. Also I have no experience.

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Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
yes, but: why would I want to?

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- tyrant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I don’t lurk there but there are years and years of questions and answers that are frequently relevant to what I’m trying to figure out
  
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  - DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    For this use case, using an alternative like Redlib, libreddit etc is probably a better experience than being able to access Reddit.
    
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  - Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    This is why I set up a redlib instance on my homelab.
    
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- kobra@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I started a RDR2 play through a while back and I was shocked at how much content I was finding in Reddit comments for the random stuff I was looking up.
  
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- fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I use r/arabs and r/latin, which barely has an equivalent on lemmy at all.
  
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- IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  TV show discussions
  
  It’s non-existent on Lemmy
  
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- tal@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  There are many subreddits on Reddit with no analog on the Threadiverse.
  
  There are also a number of subreddits that contain information not available elsewhere.
  
  I don’t log in to Reddit anymore, but I’ll search for answers on Reddit and skim a couple of communities read-only.
  
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- prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Porn
  
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huquad@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
No, I don’t think I will

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ccbrown@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The kicker that made me leave Reddit is my 11 year old account got abruptly locked and then suspended for “technical irregularities” (using a VPN). It’s disappointing how anti-privacy it’s become.

Let’s bring the content over here so people don’t have to use it at all.

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slurp@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
LibRedirect Firefox addon is good to automatically redirect various websites, the main one I use it fkr being reddit. Redlib etc servers aren’t reliable, but it’ll ping the different ones and find which is working well.

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- fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Fwiw red.ngn.tf seems to be stable enough for me. Still has downtime tho.
  
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buffysummers@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Or you could just not use Reddit. Reddit sucks.

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- ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yeah yeah, we get it. It’s the reason 90% of users are here.
  
  It is still a fact though that there is a lot of knowledge and answered questions on reddit, that is not available somewhere else. Then stuff like this can help access these without you having to make an account.
  
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scytale@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
And for IOS, rdx is a great hard client for just browsing/lurking.

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IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Tor still works

You just have to change the circuit like 10 times.

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SARGE@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Addicts always gotta justify how they get their fix, I guess.

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- Allero@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Reddit has objectively accumulated a larger amount of ~~porn~~ useful information than Lemmy.
  
  Often times, it is only there you can find it. Still, it is best to participate on Lemmy and share your findings, so you could find them here as well.
  
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- TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Lemmy doesn’t have information about IPL machines. I would’ve used Lemmy if I could.
  
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victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
No thanks, I’m done with Reddit.

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Opinionhaver@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I’ve gotten this only a handful of times and simply refreshing my VPN has solved it every time.

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