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Like Reddit, I ditched Netflix as well. Loyalties' strength isn't what it used to be. Got a VPN, now I watch whatever I want. Thanks greedy companies, for helping me wise up.
Any tips on getting a VPN up for streaming? I ditched Netflix also and would love advice.
I got Mullivad, and just download what I want to watch.
Seconding Mullvad VPN. Barebones in terms of features and GUI, but it's the only VPN I actually trust for privacy. No emails or passwords needed to sign up, and you can pay in Monero
How does a VPN help you steam sans Netflix? You're using other streaming services and get access to more content from other countries?
I think they're referring to sites like 123movies and the like, which are usually blocked by most ISPs
are they? my ISP doesn't block sites like that... Is this a DNS thing?
Could be a US thing. There are certain sites for ripping youtube videos (etc) that aren’t accessible from here due to piracy laws and you have to VPN into Asia etc to have access.
I have not had that issue in the US.
One example (for me anyway) is inserting “pp” into any youtube video address before the .com so it’s “youtubepp.com/etc”, and opens the youtube link in another service to download it by a few different options. I get a no-access notice if I go there connected to a US vpn server, or with no vpn, but if I switch to a non-US server, it works without a problem.
sorry, specifically youtube videos, I've had that issue, but it has nothing to do with ISPs, and I have not had any site blocked because I'm in the US.
got it!
I do not stream, I download.
The user is advocating for piracy. Just so everybody's clear on how they replaced their Netflix subscription with a VPN.
Piracy? I didn't see any talk of ships or swords or parrots or peg-legs. I think he's just talking about downloading and probably copyright infringement, but nothing a pirate would do.