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Do anti-bot checks feel excessive to anyone else? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 hours ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I’m getting really tired of “verify you’re not a bot” checks everywhere.

I understand these checks help prevent bots, but they seem to appear on so many websites now. Does anyone else find them frustrating?

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[–] 10 points 4 hours ago* (7 children)

Something in your setup is triggering them. Some ad blocker, tracking blocker, or VPN you use is making these sites worry you're malicious. Not saying you have to turn that all off, but it's likely some piece of your setup might be a bit excessive and you can do without that setting or piece of it.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (5 children)

    Something in your setup is triggering them. Some ad blocker

    I am not turning off my fucking adblocker, which is the only thing from that list that I use.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (3 children)

    Not what I was suggesting. Ad blockers are complex and you may be able to turn some piece off to avoid excessive bot checks without any noticeable difference. Ublock origin especially has about a million little bits you can turn on or off individually. Some people add a bunch of third party lists to theirs without understanding what they are even blocking.

    The same with tracking blockers, there are degrees and the more extreme they are the more you have to deal with the kind of tests OP is complaining about.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

    I still use the default settings on uBlock Origin.

    I'm not going to waste my time fiddling with shit, which is likely to need changing again and again,because of those fucking bots ruining the internet being increasingly more predatory.

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  • [–] 2 points 35 minutes ago

    Additionally a lot of sites that use cloudflare, as above have a more aggressive stance on to captcha all users, even transparently, so yeah if you’re seeing the manual like “veryif you’re human” prompt your request is probably tagged as suspect, but the intermediary automated “verifying you’re human” will pop up for everyone

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