I dont care what recaptcha wants to optimize for. I dont think that using a vpn is that a rare thing anyway. If others have figured out how to do it without requiring spending 30 seconds to solve a captcha, I dont see why websites still use recaptcha/captchas for that.
And that it is "my fault" not being logged into google I was least expecting to see here.
Parent was just starting a fact of how our digital overlords determine the probability of your browser being a bot. Why take it personal?