Well, it happened. I accidentally ran in to another of Gael Bertrand’s works, and was properly fooled this time by him using his Deviant-Art name of “Synthezoide.”
Here’s his gallery, there:
https://www.deviantart.com/synthezoide/gallery
And an earlier post I did, with a small introduction and four more pieces:
https://piefed.social/post/742552
First off, sorry: I’m a bit stoned. I meant DA. I’ll fix it. 🍃
That said, my initial search turned up several hits on exactly the same subject, spanning years.
Ergo, DA’s been shitty vs VPNs, etc. for about a long as I’ve been off it, so that tracks. 🤷🏼♂️ Super shitty that it shows no sign of tapering, much less ending, but that’s this timeline for ya.