The above image is all us folk in the UK see when you do, and if we try to use a VPN + incognito, we get this:
403 means forbidden, so the message is disingenuous.
They must have put some effort into block lists for VPN servers. Even if it works for some of us, it’s not worth it.
For more information on this, see this article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo
I just upload directly to the instance, at least that’s what I think I’m doing. My app lets me do that (Boost).
I’m on boost too. Let’s find out, here’s a picture uploaded using the built in function.
Well I’ll be darned, I thought it was using imgur, but I guess it’s straight to the instance. Neat.