Yep. This is not a Nostr specific issue. Go to any website and they can get your IP address of they care to look.
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Thank you both. My ignorance clearly showing.
Systemic trade-offs, just like the choke points of DNS I suppose.
Is VPN a better UX than onion?
Yeah a good VPN shouldn't degrade your experience much.
A few links/sites & images are blocked because you're sharing an IP with shadowy supercoders.