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> Unfortunately you're using a browser (or client library) that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious because it's sending inconsistent values for Sec-CH-UA-* HTTP request headers...

The world doesn't exclusively use Chrome. Nice to see even the nerds are contributing to the closed web.

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It's also moaning about me coming from a datacentre IP (proxy) with some vague complaints about load introduced by AI crawlers. I think this guy treats "protecting" his site as a hobby.

I'm using Firefox and didn't see that message.

Nor on Safari. I wonder what exotic browser the parent is using?

Doesn't appear to be Firefox, Chrome, Chromium, Edge, or Falkon on Linux, doesn't appear to be Falkon on Haiku.

I also wonder what they're using and where can I get some so I can break stuff too?

> Falkon

In case anyone is wondering: https://www.falkon.org/about/

Not working well with something that doesn't conform to the WICG User-Agent Client Hints specification is an interesting definition of "closed." More like, "I have standards." And it's hardly closed if you can get the information by using literally almost any other client.

I am on ungoogled chromium and I see this

Also site is not accessible via Mullvad VPN.

i am on mullvad and accessing it fine. if you are on one of the default exit nodes, try switching it. i find the default nodes get blocked by a lot of sites, likely due to malicious behavior of other users.

I am on Mullvad (at the router), and I am able to connect.

Checks out, it was my preferred exit node.

I had to disconnect Mullvad to load the page.

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