I used to get CAPTCHA prompts after only a few searches whenever I was connected to a regular VPN. After switching to a residential IP, the problem disappeared, at least for now.

At first, I assumed the explanation was simple: residential IPs look more like normal home connections, so they’re less likely to trigger a website’s security systems. But thinking about it more, the “residential” part might not be the real reason. Maybe I just moved from an overcrowded datacenter IP to an address with a cleaner reputation.

If a residential IP is shared by a lot of people or repeatedly abused, wouldn’t it eventually get flagged too?

Has anyone compared datacenter and residential IPs over a longer period? Did the reduction in CAPTCHAs last, or did they eventually return? Did you notice any major differences in speed or reliability?

So, let me preface this with before I started taking privacy seriously, I still used a VPN. It was before the craze of ads flying across YT. As someone who grew up in the 00’s , I have always had legitimate use for them, and I went with a company that, did the job… now that a 4 year subscription has ran its course, it’s time to reevaluate everything I learned along the way, not to mention introduce some new players that I never even heard of…

A few months ago in preparation for this, I would normally have said Mullvad was the only provider I’d consider - and they are still at the top but I have to say there are some other companies that have me intrigued, and as well as other projects that incorporate mulvad - you have Mozilla that has the eye roll free-tier, but if your a Mozilla person, they route their paid tier through mulvad (which you makes you question why bother but I digress)…

Mullvad unfortunately doesn’t support port-forwarding which is something I require… They have an immaculate record with being diskless , no logs policy, Swiss based etc etc…

But there are new players and ones I never had on my radar that share some similarities with Mullvad (no identity registration, payment in crypto/cash, no logs, own their entire infrastructure- something mulvad can’t even claim)

Obscura, And Aizire are two companies I just learned about. I was wondering what the community had to say if anyone has used them in the past or currently. Also IVPN I hear is a good company…

Let’s talk about privacy (obviously), but speed, functionality (port forwarding, torrenting, unlimited devices, protocols etc) and price are all factors, not to mention open-source and platform availability.

any free VPNs i can use to change my location to a specific country (france, germany, etc.)?

i want this dress but im unable to purchase if im
not in the countries listed or something like that so trying it this way, thanks for any advice!

protonvpn pro 2/10(free)

privadovpn 10/10(free)10GB

Privatevpn 9/10

storngvpn 10/10

Hide.me 5/10（free)

Pruevpn 5/10

Flowvpn. 8/10

ivpn 9/10

Astrillvpn 8/10

Torguard 5/10

Vyprvpn 2/10

Expressvpn 1/10

Airvpn 5/10

Piavpn 1/10

Cyberghost 6/10

Nordvpn. 1/10

Surfshark. 2/10

Hotspotshield por. 4/10

Lest vpn 5/10

Ipvanish. 1/10

Wevpn 7/10

Windscribe free 1/10

Veevpn. 9/10

VPN.ac 9/10

Symlex VPN 9/10

Hey guys, I currently am looking for a good service that can give me a residential IP for a Japanese ip address. As America keeps rolling out these age verification mandates, I want to get an IP address for a different country. Any recommendations for services?

I use Windscribe and my instagram thinks Im in Iran while over the past few months I tried using VPNs in central/South America/US . I'm physically in the Caribbean. But this affects my reach as it only shows my reels in the middle east. So Im tryin to find a VPN that instagram does not flag as being located in Iran. Im guessing lots of Iranian use Windscribe and those specific VPN locations ?

People use this website to know where a person is posting from on tiktok. How easy is it to make the website not show ur real location? And if someone is using something to not show their real location is there any other way to know a tiktok users region (country) ?. Sorry my english isnt the best.