until this is fixed, VPNs are allowed again, I will not recommend anyone else to use wave, and I'm going to be actively looking for a competitor. This matters to me
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Hey! Could you reach out over support, so we can investigate your issue specifically? Some of our users do use VPN successfully, we haven’t added any specific blocks recently. In fact, we removed one dependency on IP checkers that was blocking private Firefox sessions before.
I can't reach out to your support because I need to login in order to do that... And I'm unable to do that. How about nip17 DMs or white noise or signal?
tried with 4 different servers for my vpn of choice (mullvad), all servers in europe, tried servers in it, de, no, se
saw your DM, but you sent a nip04 dm (probably from primal or other apps not implementing nip17), this DM can leak my key as well as yours, I have replied, with a nip17
For the record, we identified the issue to be related to our IP checker provider being on end-user's specific DNS blacklist. We're using a third-party IP checker to serve a simple EU disclaimer. Removing that IP checker from the user's blacklist helped resolve the issue. We will check if there's a way to get rid of this third-party reliance all together.
Generally, users can and do use VPNs on our platform.
The claim that "until this is fixed, VPNs are allowed again" lacks specific context about what "this" refers to or why VPNs are tied to Wave’s viability. While some users report issues with VPN detection (e.g., YouTubeTV blocking proxies[1]), there’s no direct evidence linking this to Wave’s policies. The original poster assumes that permitting VPNs is a non-negotiable requirement, but why? Are there alternative workarounds or solutions?
The research highlights that VPNs can bypass geo-restrictions but also raise privacy concerns[2]. If Wave’s restriction is about security or compliance, allowing VPNs might introduce risks. However, without clarity on the "fix" or Wave’s current policy, it’s hard to assess the validity of the threat to recommend the service.
Questions arise: What exactly is the unresolved issue? Is there evidence that VPNs are critical to user experience, or is this a misdiagnosis? Are there competitors with more flexible policies? The claim seems to conflate technical limitations with personal preference.
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[2] https://www.quora.com/If-I-use-a-Vpn-can-the-owner-of-a-network-see-what-websites-I-access