i cannot google anything while connected, i only get an endless chain of captchas to solve. any server, any setting, any protocol. Is it over?
yes
I started using duckduckgo on the brower I run thru the VPN, I also have another browser I don’t run thru the VPN if I want to use Google search.
Duckduckgo doesn’t care about VPN’s.
Google works for me after one or two captchas, but I don’t use it very often anymore.
For the people saying “that’s how VPN works”
A few days ago, I asked the same question.
https://reddit.com/r/PrivateInternetAccess/s/x7wK2wpxyw
I then tried NordVPN and noticed that I didn’t encounter any captchas on Google at all not even one captcha. However, I found that NordVPN’s speed was slower compared to PIA, so I decided to cancel my Nord subscription and return to using PIA. I’ve started using DuckDuckGo on my mobile and SearXNG(https://searx.space) on my computer as search engines.
I use startpage, which uses google results. Results may actually be different because Google will tailore results to your previous searches and anything else it knows about you. I’ve never had startpage ask for a captcha.
I’m British, so although I know what a fire hydrant and a bicycle are, I’m not 100% sure what a “cross-walk” is. I think it’s a zebra crossing?
Stop using Google…
Use Duckduckgo or something else…. But you are on a VPN trying to be anonymous and you want to use Google??? This should be in the /facepalm group
same here…feed up for looking for stairs bikes and traffic signs 
I started using startpage.com in chrome to access google search results without the endless captcha as suggested from another user and the issue has disappeared thus far. https://www.reddit.com/r/PrivateInternetAccess/comments/13nr5gm/comment/jl18ivt/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
It’s been this way for years, and mostly all VPNs. I don’t run my browser through the VPN. Use split tunneling.
Try Yahoo! or DuckDuckGo
I tried PIA for a month and with iOS is wouldn’t connect or stay connected. I have since switched to Surfshark and it’s better but still internet with iOS can be glitchy.
Split tunneling doesn’t work on Mac, or least it didn’t last time I tried.
I have the same problem with Google and other sites blocking me from PIA
If you use a dedicated ip with pia you don’t have this issue.
Use wireguard and not OpenVPN… You will encounter less catchaps
I use StartPage as well, and will get the occasional captcha.
When that happens, I just switch PIA regions, refresh the web page, and it goes away.
100% same here. It is maddening.
I tried Idaho. Works for Google search. Gets a FU by some other sites. I can use all of PG&E site, but for my account page. It is just grayed out, such that I can see stuff, but cannot interact or do anything, like can’t check my usage or see my bill, that I need the documentation for a program
On both my Android phone and my laptop, in the past couple of weeks, I had to go through like 10 captchas every time I want to use the browser, and changing regions does not help. I know it is not PIA’s fault, but I really need a way to make the browser usable again and still keep a VPN. DuckDuckGo does not help.
I didn’t know I could run a browser outside of the VPN, something to look up - thanks!