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I'm not sure the claim about recaptcha is (or was) correct.

In my whole life, I have been hit with maybe 2-3 recaptcha before accessing a website. They probably upgraded the system since then, but still, feels like the author is just pissed without any good reason. (actually I would have expected a mention about google collecting data with this but it's not even mentioned)

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It really dependa of your ip. If you're in a block that has a bad rep, you'll have the captcha every single time. This seems legitimate but this is definitely not applied per ip, it's apply per ip block. I have a server that i rented for more than 10 years now, used only as a mail server and a vpn endpoint, i get captcha everytime when I use my vpn.

Now, for someone who lives in a country where ISPs have a bad rep, this makes part of the web horrible. People are then considered as bad actors by default with no way to improve their experience.

Yup. Personally, I'm constantly being hit by CAPTCHAs. For some inexplicable reason, I sometimes have to solve several (5 or 6?) in a row before a site will let me in.

you're much likely behind a CGNAT on a ipv4 connection. I had such a situation once (using mobile) and it was horrible, popular websites won't let me register and all.

Wow. I haven't had an ISP that used CGNAT in a long time, but something vaguely related is probably happening. Maybe I occasionally get assigned IPs that are on some sort of abuse list...

In my experience, using a VPN will get you the captcha every single time.

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