Submitted 11 months ago by SupraMario@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world
I use lightsail exactly for that purpose. I’ve had my firewall using wireguard connected to lightsail for over 2 years now. Will rarely run into a block or glitched captcha loop but it does happen. I also pay for express VPN as a backup and have that on my phone, and surprisingly that is virtually never blocked. Performance with wireguard / lightsail is more consistent for all day use though
Good to hear it works. I think this will be the route I go, I’m under the 2 TB xfer a month so it should work for the $5 tier.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
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Try Windscribe, they offer dedicated and datacenter IP’s so you’re not sharing it (or sharing less in DC cases).
Lol you’re good, I’m already renting a VPS and using it. Actually have less blocks than mullvad had. I have to use a VPS because I’m using a LTE router and the plan I’m on, while unlimited runs through an invisible proxy and after 2gbs it’ll drop the connection (it’s an old RV plan) and no option for anything else internet. If you go through a VPN it never slows or disconnects the Internet.
If you have a friend with unlimited home internet, maybe you can just install a raspberry pi there and use that as a vpn server?
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online@programming.dev 11 months ago
I was/am in the same boat, but I quickly gave up for the following reason: Why bust my ass trying to give my business? If Lowes blocks me then f*ck em I’ll take my business to Home Depot. It’s their loss.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They’re not blocking me though, they’re blocking spam IPs based off blacklists from cheap VPSs that allow spammers to spin up a cheap VPS and go ham for a month. No clue how that’s Lowe’s fault for adopting industry standard IP filters.