The website has not loaded anything for days now. Did they get shut down or something?
Works fine for me. I’m going through ProtonVPN and it loads. Using a Canada server if it matters.
Doesn’t work for me with or without VPN, Canada or not. Weird.
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Using a VPN, even if the server is located in the same country, provides several benefits:
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Privacy: It encrypts your internet traffic, hiding your online activities from your ISP and potential eavesdroppers.
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Security: It secures your data, especially on public Wi-Fi networks.
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Bypass Restrictions: It can bypass internet censorship or network restrictions in workplaces.
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Avoid ISP Throttling: It can prevent ISP throttling based on content type or data usage, ensuring consistent internet speed and performance.
Are YOU stupid?
Are YOU stupid?
How DARE you!
You get all of those but improved no. 3 because you bypass any national blocks and rights blocks. For example you can’t watch Channel 4 Youtube videos if you have a UK IP. But you can outside the UK.
Also point 1 is more private if you go outside your nation so the exit server can’t be seized. Highly unlikely but if you’re going to use a VPN why not use it properly with no downsides?
So it’s always best to use a VPN that’s outside the country you’re in.
So a Canadian using a Seppo or a Brit using a Dutch.
Sometimes you might still want the services in your own country to act as if you’re in your own country. (I don’t use one but) for example I live in the UK and I wouldn’t want my VPN to tell Disney+ I’m in the US cause Disney+ is better in the UK with more content.
I mean, if privacy is really your concern you really shouldn’t use UK servers at all or any other country that’s part of the Five Eyes (or other such alliances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes).
Also, people use VPNs for different reasons, like not wanting your workplace to know your browsing Lemmy during office hours. This is such a strangely confrontational post considering people seem to just be trying to help OP troubleshoot their problem.
On the original point, I can’t seem to access APKPure either, VPN connected to Singapore. Might try other connections when I’m not at work.
I don’t use the UK because that’s the country I’m in. I use Sweden or Netherlands.
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I don’t think they’re stupid, but I KNOW you’re a condescending prick.
Oh, the irony. We all know who’s the dumb one here, and it’s you.
There are many legitimate and legal reasons for using VPN. It’s not just to pretend you’re in another country. Using it on public wifi, for example. That way you still show up to web sites as being in your country while still wrapping up your traffic so the public wifi coffee shop perverts can’t see it.
I get DNS errors on apkpure. I got the same on my own domains when bind changed how you need to setup dnssec, or finally depricated a very old method for DNSSEC. (I ssetup DNSSEC a long time ago) This invallidated my domains as they were unsigned. It looks like this. I need to check dns logs, but it looks the same as a dns outage.
If you can’t use Play Store or get the app straight from the developer themselves, use Aurora Store or APKmirror. APKpure sucks.
some apps dont exist on APK Mirror
This site has been switched to apkpure.net. It’s also their official domain. And the apkpure app still works for me.
I assumed it was an issue with pihole blocking it or something, glad to see it’s not just me
