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[Important] Catbox Needs Your Help (blog.catbox.moe)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world
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tl;dr - Patreon deleted my page, refused to elaborate, and Catbox is now short $1,300~ in reoccurring income to pay the bill. Support Catbox Here

I use catbox to post videos and moving webp files to lemmy ๐Ÿ˜ญ

edit: to be clear I'm not affiliated with catbox, i just shared

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[โ€“] SatyrSack@quokk.au 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Their FAQ lists multiple reasons that various countries, ISPs, etc. block CatBox, and using a VPN is often mentioned as the solution. Here is an archive of their FAQ that you should be able to read from any connection:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250822215754/https://catbox.moe/faq.php

[โ€“] hisao@ani.social 4 points 1 day ago

Thanks, this is surprising! I assumed my VPN wouldn't ever block anything, because I've never seen that before, and thus the block was Catbox's fault, but from what they write in their FAQ I start to question this. Maybe there is some large scale intermediary/middleware/mitm that make this happen. Idk, this is the first time I see anything like this. The server I'm currently using is in Switzerland, but I've also had those blocks with multiple VPN servers in other EU countries.