Started to get this message when accessing Reddit. I use LibreWolf as a browser, which does indeed provide a more generic user agent to combat fingerprinting, but nothing out of the ordinary either (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/119.0). Anyone else experiencing this?

Edit: seems to have resolved itself. Thanks for confirming I wasn’t doing anything wrong. Let’s hope this isn’t some new algorithm to test if for insufficient fingerprinting so Reddit can kick ad-resistant users.

  • @TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee
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    261 year ago

    Couldn’t find any explanation on Google so I tried emailing them about this. I got back this lovely gem:

    Reddit Support (Reddit Support) Nov 14, 2023, 15:29 PST

    Hi there!

    Thanks for contacting us! At this time, we are not currently accepting inquiries via email. If you need support with our API or have questions, please submit your request here.

    Cheers, Your friends at Reddit

    But VPN worked.