Computer Help and Support

I have been using a VPN. VPNs have a limited number of addresses. Your communication will use one of those addresses. So if a lot of people are using the same one and a lot of those are spammers, scammers, phishers and worse, you will look like you are coming from the same place they are and many sites block those addresses. So places you communicate to might block you with a VPN but work without one. They also may require you to fill out a Captcha but that won't happen when you go direct.

It sometimes is more of a pain to use the VPN than to not use it but I still use it. At least it keeps the tracking down.