Seems contrary to the whole lemmyverse/fediverse model, doesn’t it?

Okay, I get it. Incidentally, strict initial approvals on smaller instances don’t seem annoying at all now, after reading these comments.

Thanks everyone!

    • Bonus@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      20 days ago

      Good point. I just turned off the browser extension and used the desktop program instead and it doesn’t give me the same error. Clearly, it is not a universal ban but only detects some conditions.

      Edit: I spoke too soon on that. It’s blocking the desktop app as well.

  • hisao@ani.socialEnglish
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    21 days ago

    Yeah, and this gets asked from time to time. It was the first instance I tried to use and couldn’t because of VPN. I tried a bunch of instances and I’ve never seen another one blocking VPNs. Some instances don’t even require email verification.