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[–] copyscam@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 days ago

not aware of youtube sponsorships or why that would matter. I've used it for like 4 years now and have had no problems.

[–] copyscam@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I do this with an old phone on wifi. I don't think it's a huge deal. I use fetch and haven't seen any ads or credit card offers etc. you just exchange points for gift cards. I know it's probably harvesting some data from me, but I don't really use that phone for much else, and I use a VPN/not my real email.

[–] copyscam@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I use ExpressVPN and their PW manager. I love it. It also has 2fa keys. Super dynamic and has worked on a few different phones I've had as well as browsers (Vivaldi, brave, etc)

[–] copyscam@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the ads have been increasingly annoying for me. still always looking for solutions to this enshitification.

[–] copyscam@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

thank you! yea it's really weird that it was going to "localhost" that's what was tripping me up. I tried changing locations of the VPN and that seems to have worked for now, but I don't really get why. computers, man.

[–] copyscam@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

omg ok I changed the location and it worked. thanks! this is still really weird, because it was happening before on another location, but maybe I'll just try to change that next time.

[–] copyscam@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

thanks for checking...I'm extremely confused!

[–] copyscam@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

that's what I'm confused about. when I turn off my VPN, it loads normally, without changing any settings within the browser or computer/phone.

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edit: I changed my location and that seems to have worked for now. still a strange thing that it was localhost and not "site blocked" or something if my location was the issue. my VPN (ExpressVPN) was set to NJ. I switched to Toronto. ___ 🤷

hi all!!

has anyone else had this issue and been able to fix it? it happens on any browser (vivaldi, brave, lightning, vivandium...), phone or desktop, if I'm connected to my VPN.

I'm using startpage specifically because it's supposed to be privacy-focused... I don't want to keep disconnecting my VPN every time I have to make a search.

(internet connection is working perfectly and no issues with other sites)

(I have some other search engines I use for specific things, but looking to troubleshoot this if anyone knows the solution...)

[–] copyscam@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
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[–] copyscam@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
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