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Windows 10 version and support status

Windows 10 still runs 26.36% of desktop Windows machines worldwide, according to StatCounter figures for May 2026, against 71.69% for Windows 11. Regional shares differ sharply. In the Russian Federation Windows 10 holds 46.44% and Windows 11 holds 50.83%, so almost half of desktop machines there still run the older release. Every instruction on this page targets Windows 10 version 22H2, the only branch Microsoft continues to service.

Confirm your build before changing any network setting, because 21H2 and 22H2 behave differently under Extended Security Updates. Windows 10 left mainstream support on 14 October 2025, and Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates page now states the consumer program runs until 12 October 2027, limited to 22H2 in Home, Pro, Pro Education and Workstations editions. The July 2026 cumulative update KB5099539 moved 22H2 to build 19045.7548.

Automated traffic passed 53% of all web requests in 2025 according to Imperva's 2026 Bad Bot Report, and 27% of bot attacks now target APIs directly. Sites answered with tighter rate limits, IP reputation checks and stricter geo rules. Selenium drives a real browser, so every session leaves through the same exit IP until you change it. A proxy with Selenium puts an intermediary between the browser and the target site: the site records the proxy address instead of yours, which lets you spread load across several IPs, keep parallel sessions separate, and check how pages behave for users in other regions.

A proxy in Selenium is a proxy server configured for the browser that WebDriver launches. The browser sends its requests to the proxy, and the proxy forwards them to the target site on your behalf. Because the site sees the proxy address, you can test regional pricing, verify localised content, and keep a long test run from exhausting a per-IP request budget. Selenium applies the setting when the session starts: the proxy capability defined in the W3C WebDriver specification is read at session creation, so switching to a different address means quitting the driver and opening a new session.

DuoPlus runs Android on physical ARM servers rather than emulating a handset on your computer. Each instance carries an 8-core CPU, 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage, and boots Android 10, 11, 12 or 15 according to the vendor specification updated on 31 March 2026. No instance reaches the internet until a proxy is attached to it. The answers below cover performance, proxy configuration, billing arithmetic and the documented limits that usually surface only after the first accounts are already running.

Cloud phone performance

What is a cloud phone and what can it be used for?

DuoPlus Cloud Phone is a real ARM phone that runs and stores data in the cloud. Each cloud phone has independent parameter information and uses proxy IP configuration to simulate real mobile devices in different regions. It can operate various social media platforms like TikTok and WhatsApp within the cloud phone. Common workloads include testing an app across regions and Android versions, checking localised builds, running agency work on client accounts where access has been granted, and separating work profiles from personal ones.

A single IP address sending thousands of requests gets rate-limited or banned within minutes on any defended site, which is the entire reason crawler proxy setups exist. A crawler proxy sits between your scraper and the target website and forwards each request through a different IP, so the traffic reads as many separate users instead of one machine. Routing requests through a proxy pool is what lets a scraper run for weeks instead of an hour, and the engineering problem is narrower than it looks: match the proxy type and rotation to how hard the target defends itself.

Choosing the proxy type wrong is the most expensive mistake in web scraping. Overspend and you pay for residential proxies on a site that never checks IP reputation. Underspend and cheap datacenter proxies get rejected on the first protected endpoint. The role of proxies in web scraping is narrow but decisive: they spread requests across many IP addresses so no single address trips a rate limit, and they place each request in the region whose content you actually want to read.

IPv4 defines 4,294,967,296 possible addresses, and 3.687 billion of them had been allocated by the end of 2025. The pool has stopped growing. Geoff Huston’s annual address report on the ARIN blog recorded a contraction of roughly 237,000 addresses across 2025, about 0.01 percent of the total. Every hosting account, mobile subscriber and proxy server now draws on that fixed supply, which is why a single IPv4 address carries a market price, an inherited reputation history and, in the RIPE region, a waiting list.

What IPv4 is

Highlights

• Per-GB residential rates run $0.70–$8; flat per-IP plans start at $0.67 per month
• Residential and mobile addresses pass checks that block datacenter subnets
• Rotation suits anonymous collection; logged-in accounts need their static address

Why do e-commerce businesses need proxies?

A proxy is an intermediary server that routes requests through another IP address, so the target site sees the proxy's network and location, not yours. For ecommerce operations this matters: storefronts personalize by IP, and prices, delivery costs, stock and search rankings shift with the visitor's region. Using proxies removes that distortion and lifts per-address request ceilings. The main proxy use cases:

This guide walks you through everything: what proxies actually do, which type fits your needs, how to set up a proxy on any device, and how to fix the most common headaches. No fluff, just practical solutions for anyone who wants to use a proxy effectively.

What Is a ChatGPT Proxy: Benefits, When You Need It

A proxy is an intermediary between your device and the internet. Instead of your computer connecting directly to ChatGPT, it routes traffic through another server first. That server masks your real IP address and can route your connection from a different location or network.

A modern classroom is powered by the browser. Chromebooks hold roughly 60.1% of the global K-12 device market, and 93% of US school districts planned to purchase Chromebooks in 2026, up from 84% in 2023, according to market-research firm Mordor Intelligence. With more than 38 million Chromebooks deployed in K-12 schools worldwide, it is routine for hundreds of devices on one campus to reach external platforms through a single shared IP: exactly the pressure a managed proxy pool is designed to absorb. The infrastructure around those devices keeps expanding: Google Workspace for Education now serves more than 170 million students and educators across 230 countries.

A proxy is not just a technical extra. Proxies provide a structured way to route requests, manage sessions, and maintain consistent access to web tools that students and staff rely on every day. Instead of sending all traffic through a single path, a well-configured proxy server distributes activity across managed IP pools, helping systems remain stable even when usage spikes.

Let's break down 2 ways to set up a proxy in Google Chrome on macOS. Setting up a proxy in Google Chrome helps you optimize your browsing experience. A proxy is able to replace the user's real IP with one that's in a different city or even country..

This setup is usually a work task. SMM specialists and agencies manage several client accounts from one Mac and assign each project its own IP address. Sellers on Amazon, eBay, Wildberries and Ozon check competitors’ prices and listings the way buyers in another region see them. SEO specialists review localized search results and geo-targeted ads for different countries. In each case the proxy is configured once, and the rest of the browser workflow stays the same.

Most of the proxy demand we see worldwide centers on a familiar set of operators. On the international side that means books and casinos such as bet365, 1xBet, Parimatch, Melbet, Betway, and Betsson, along with crypto-first platforms like Stake. In the US market the names are DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, and Caesars. The setup below applies to all of them – the brand changes, but the monitoring and the proxy fundamentals stay the same.