Especially if you get an entire string of them because somehow you didn’t do it right.

  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    18
    ·
    edit-2
    6 months ago

    Do you use a VPN? I’ve found that Google has been making me do these much more now that I’m using one.

    • LucidNightmare@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      6 months ago

      I use a VPN at all times, because I want to, and I have now learned to not Google anything as it takes me to these CAPTCHAs that I refuse to do. Bing may be crappy too, but at least it doesn’t block me from a simple search. There is no reason, in my opinion, to block a VPN from SEARCHING something. Disgusting.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        6 months ago

        When I shop stuff on yahoo.jp I get blocked by Google due to the VPN I utilize to connect to Japan.
        At least Google allowed me to still access it.
        But I use a free VPN so whatever.

    • Howdy@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      6 months ago

      Same, almost unusable with a VPN lately. It sucks. Use searxng now but you loose the image reverse search.

    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      6 months ago

      The less Google can figure out who you are accurately, the longer the ReCAPTCHAs get. For instance, if you run Librewolf with Resist FingerPrinting, you’re going to eat a metric shit-ton of buses, stairs, bicycles and fire hydrants.

      Captchas are maddening, they’re forced labor and there’s a special place in hell for whoever invented them, deploy then and maintain them. However, you should take comfort in the fact that if you have a really hard time getting past a particularly stubborn ReCAPTCHA, it means Google has a harder time tracking you.