Imgur has blocked the UK

Akagi · 15 Oct 2025 at 20:55

Have you all forgotten how to read?

Nabinium · 15 Oct 2025 at 21:17

Alice In Wonderland said:
Do you all think that in the near future there will be something stable to use again?

Coz I had to get a new phone (galaxyS4) 3 weeks ago and I only learned yesterday how to turn it on and off! Lol!

So I need to be able to use something that's really easy for a simpleton like me.

Imgbox has been around for a while and its interface is quite simple to use I'd say.

Even before the Imgur block, some people on the forum were using imgbox just fine.

unwashed potato! · 16 Oct 2025 at 07:41

Akagi said:
Have you all forgotten how to read?

I've got it now. They are saying that because they struggle to even turn on and off their phone, that they will definitely struggle to change image hosting providers if they are too complicated.

When they mentioned wanting something stable, and that they struggle to turn the phone off and on again, it seemed like they were referring to phones when wanting something stable

EdGey · 17 Oct 2025 at 07:36

Anyone else getting this on YouTube as well? Since the bill, certain videos just won't play based on location.

Idiocy.

Trifid · 17 Oct 2025 at 07:58

This is still very annoying. Imgur is too embedded on the internet to be blocked universally. I've been resisting the need for it but...

Is there a VPN provider who has Firefox and Chrome extensions where I can put URLs that I want to split tunnel in? I don't want all my traffic having to go over a VPN but just split tunnel a handful of websites. I don't mind paying.

Armageus · 17 Oct 2025 at 08:32

Trifid said:
Is there a VPN provider who has Firefox and Chrome extensions where I can put URLs that I want to split tunnel in? I don't want all my traffic having to go over a VPN but just split tunnel a handful of websites. I don't mind paying.

It's more like a router thing i.e. Policy Based Routing

e.g. Can be done on:
Unifi - https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/12566175125783-UniFi-Gateway-Policy-Based-Routing
Draytek - https://www.draytek.com/support/knowledge-base/4916

rp2000 · 17 Oct 2025 at 09:38

Trifid said:
This is still very annoying. Imgur is too embedded on the internet to be blocked universally. I've been resisting the need for it but...

Is there a VPN provider who has Firefox and Chrome extensions where I can put URLs that I want to split tunnel in? I don't want all my traffic having to go over a VPN but just split tunnel a handful of websites. I don't mind paying.

I think a few of the software providers have this, albeit using their apps on Windows, not sure about browser extensions.

ProtonVPN guide

How to use split tunneling | Proton VPN

Split tunneling is a feature that allows you to route some connections through the VPN tunnel while excluding others

protonvpn.com

Edit: It's their premium plan.

rp2000

Pho · 17 Oct 2025 at 14:03

Trifid said:
This is still very annoying. Imgur is too embedded on the internet to be blocked universally. I've been resisting the need for it but...

Is there a VPN provider who has Firefox and Chrome extensions where I can put URLs that I want to split tunnel in? I don't want all my traffic having to go over a VPN but just split tunnel a handful of websites. I don't mind paying.

The easiest option is to use say Firefox as your main browser and enable split tunnel for e.g,. Chrome and use that if you need to do blocked stuff.

Not ideal but simple.

Dunks · 17 Oct 2025 at 14:40

biron_w said:
Decided to test using an embedded image from OneDrive.
It's quite annoying the imgur isn't available in the UK.

Bit off topic but what DE / Distro is that? Looks nice!

Blackjack Davy · 17 Oct 2025 at 14:46

EdGey said:
Anyone else getting this on YouTube as well? Since the bill, certain videos just won't play based on location.

Idiocy.

Theres always been geolocked videos especially music?

ebilcake · 17 Oct 2025 at 16:56

Good, I hope more sites block the UK tbh. :cry:

Trifid · 17 Oct 2025 at 17:09

Looks like Mozilla VPN via the extension can allow sites by exception to go over the VPN, leaving all other traffic.

biron_w · 18 Oct 2025 at 09:00

Dunks said:
Bit off topic but what DE / Distro is that? Looks nice!

It's Manjaro using KDE Plasma. The distro doesn't matter really as you can use KDE on most distro's.

loftie · 19 Oct 2025 at 19:18

EdGey said:
Anyone else getting this on YouTube as well? Since the bill, certain videos just won't play based on location.

Idiocy.

Not a new thing, I've run into them before.

unwashed potato! · 19 Oct 2025 at 19:32

Trifid said:
Looks like Mozilla VPN via the extension can allow sites by exception to go over the VPN, leaving all other traffic.

the issue being of course that it's only good for that user, everyone wont be able to see what you link.

Nasher · 19 Oct 2025 at 21:44

Pho said:
The easiest option is to use say Firefox as your main browser and enable split tunnel for e.g,. Chrome and use that if you need to do blocked stuff.

Not ideal but simple.

Using split tunneling with browsers like that might leak data though.

Yrkoon · 19 Oct 2025 at 22:53

hey guys got a question my dad is a mod for msuk the model sport forum and hes asking how ocuk done that scan for imgr pics which would save a ton of guides on that forum if they could do it as well, that forum is very little now thanks to social media but a lot of content is missing thanks to imgr going nope

@Feek

he just wants to secure any old imgr pics already on the site

edit @kindai pretty please

Pho · 20 Oct 2025 at 09:26

Nasher said:
Using split tunneling with browsers like that might leak data though.

I mean if you're doing anything really naughty you'd use Tails or Tor

I have Private Internet Access and that seems to have a kill-switch on the split tunnel if it gets disconneted, and you can force DNS through the VPN only to avoid DNS leaks. What else can it leak?

Feek · 20 Oct 2025 at 10:17

Yrkoon said:
hey guys got a question my dad is a mod for msuk the model sport forum and hes asking how ocuk done that scan for imgr pics which would save a ton of guides on that forum if they could do it as well, that forum is very little now thanks to social media but a lot of content is missing thanks to imgr going nope

@Feek

he just wants to secure any old imgr pics already on the site

It's @kindai who did it all, perhaps he can help.

Trifid · 20 Oct 2025 at 10:39

Pho said:
I mean if you're doing anything really naughty you'd use Tails or Tor

I have Private Internet Access and that seems to have a kill-switch on the split tunnel if it gets disconneted, and you can force DNS through the VPN only to avoid DNS leaks. What else can it leak?

Is a middle aged adult still wanting to access Imgur so albums in /r/diy still work considered naughty? Also a lot of posts on reddit are marked as nsfw even if they are not pornographic. This is what annoys. I do spend a lot less time on the internet so maybe it is for the best.