I’m on iOS 17.1.1 using Safari. I also have Proton VPN enabled in the states but if I try to visit any page on the website I see this:
If I disable it, the page will load.
Edit: as per a comment, this may not be a VPN only issue.
Additional edit: Reddit has written an official post stating it was an issue after production code deployment and was reverted
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Apparently it was a bug:
https://reddit.com/r/help/comments/17vbxz8/whoa_there_pardner_error_message/
It’s not a bug. It’s them running A/B tests to completely block mobile users that aren’t on the app. They’ve been implementing different versions of this for over a year now. They always lie about what it was. Actually they pretty much habitually lie about all of their tests and changes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor
I got this bug on desktop, running chrome, with no VPN.
This was, as most things like this are, just a pure dumb fuck-up by some guy putting things on prod without properly testing and staging. No need to put on any more tin foil hats than we already have, the incompetence is plenty reason enough to point and laugh.
If an internet corporation has a history of enshittification, it gets increasingly hard to clock up these kind of things to incompetence. While stupidity can certainly explain some things, it’s usually safe to assume it’s a bit of both
Thank you for sharing some clarification.
I had been getting these for years already. “Had” because you know…
Additional edit: Reddit has written an official post stating it was an issue after production code deployment and was reverted
In their mind the issue was not the blocking of users, but that the users have started complaining. I bet they just reverted it so that they can bring it back slowly, after just checking whether it is effective at all
Also started seeing this today while browsing on my work computer, which I believe utilizes a VPN.
I don’t have a VPN and I got this error too. It resolved itself after about an hour
it’s a bug, i got the same ban screen without a vpn
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Your VPN doesn’t have the ability to strip user agent strings on HTTPS requests, this doesn’t seem VPN related imo.
Assuming the error message is accurate.
I had this when using my corporate VPN. Disconnected and still got it. I thought maybe it was a bug that had to do with Firefox.
A few minutes later I refreshed and it was all fine.
Seriously doubt this is an API issue. The error itself would make it seem like it’s a problem with your browser, but unless you have some overzealous privacy extensions installed that are hiding your user agent, it’s more likely to be a temporary problem on their side.
Nah, this is an anti scraper mechanism.
They’ve lost this fight before it’s even begun lol.
I had it earlier as well, no VPN at the time, went away after VPN was connected
