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friendoffuture t1_iv0po85 wrote

Reply to comment by Plaster_Lion in ‘John Wick’ Prequel Series ‘The Continental’ to Stream on Amazon Internationally - The series will air on Peacock in the U.S. by Neo2199

Does this actually work? I've had several different VPN providers and they always get flagged as VPNs by the streaming services.

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[deleted] t1_iv1ahky wrote

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friendoffuture t1_iv1ewth wrote

Thanks LTJD Obvious!

Anyways VPNs are advertised as a work around streaming service region locking but I've never seen it work. I'm not a network guy, barely know the basics of TCP IP and network topology but afaik it's trivial to detect requests originating from VPNs.

It's like giving someone a PO Box address (US thing, Google it). They can't really find your real address but they know you're not living inside a tiny box in a USPS store in a strip mall.

Edit: I apologize for my tone, it's early for me and I had a rough morning including a truly awful commute. I wasn't trying to call you out but I see how it could be taken that way.

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mjoav t1_iv1npee wrote

I haven’t needed to do this in years but it definitely used to work. I’m guessing the streaming services have become more sophisticated about it now.

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