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I thoroughly hate that their website blocks my VPN servers
This is most likely not deliberate, but they might've gotten DOS attack attempts from your ip range which made them block it?
May I ask why you use VPN to visit their site in the first place?
I always have a VPN enabled
I guess that would make sense in a country with incredibly restrictive internet laws or one that requires to report known crimes to the police/government.
The reason why I asked is because I'm skeptic of this, HTTPS (which is also what your Lemmy instance uses, as well as just about every website and application) uses that same encryption. If your VPN provider requires you to give your name, address, phone number and pay by credit card, they likely know more about you and you're likely less anonymous than with your ISP. So in most countries, using a VPN moves the trust from your ISP to your VPN company arbitrarily.
That said, there are definitely very anonymous VPN providers, and countries where using a VPN from another country makes sense.
I use IVPN which requires no knowledge of the customer and their payment options. If I can eliminate any form of privacy invasions I will take it. My ISP and DNS provider do not need to know anything about my habits or values as their service I pay them for is internet.