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minus-squarebassomitron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·2 days agoYeah, banning by IP from such a big website is pretty silly on the site admin’s part. Tons and tons of places share 1 to a small handful of IPs (e.g. apartment complexes, school dorms, etc).
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoReddit still uses IP bans. It’s crazy how far behind the times some tech companies are
minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 days agoAlso, most people don’t even have a static ip address so they might have banned a different location altogether and the banned ip address moved.
minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoAnd also a huge issue for anyone using a VPN to browse the web
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Yeah, banning by IP from such a big website is pretty silly on the site admin’s part. Tons and tons of places share 1 to a small handful of IPs (e.g. apartment complexes, school dorms, etc).
Reddit still uses IP bans. It’s crazy how far behind the times some tech companies are
Also, most people don’t even have a static ip address so they might have banned a different location altogether and the banned ip address moved.
And also a huge issue for anyone using a VPN to browse the web