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It might just be that you use Firefox.

Seems anybody who doesn't use Chrome is automatically flagged even if you are logged in with a >12 years old gmail account that is linked to paid storage.

I use Firefox with numerous tracker blockers and only had to hit the checkbox.

Turning on privacy.resistFingerprinting in about:config is the big one. The temporary containers addon also makes a difference.

You tend to see a whole lot more challenges if you're on a VPN. It taking a couple of minutes isn't at all implausible.

It must be his fault, things like being visually impaired cannot ever be accounted for or considered.

Recaptcha is hostile to end users and makes my like a fucking hell. But your right, it's my fault.

No, the problem is Google trying to outsource creating their Waymo test data onto us.

reCAPTCHA adjusts how many it makes you solve depending on how much info it can gather on you. If I disable my privacy settings & extensions I never need to solve more than 1-2. I'm not usually willing to do that.