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So if I have a Netflix account in my home country, I can access content from other regions as long as I go through the corresponding proxies? Or do I need an ac
by cynix 11y ago
So if I have a Netflix account in my home country, I can access content from other regions as long as I go through the corresponding proxies? Or do I need an account in each region I'm trying to access?
- kevincox 11y agoThe former. The accounts are "global" and the catalogue you can access is based on your current IP address.
- cynix 11y agoThanks! I wish Netflix would publish their per-region catalogue, so we don't have to resort to (often inaccurate) third party lists.
- kevincox 11y agoTBH I think it would be a pain for them as it changes all of the time. I can just imagine the complaints and refund requests because they read that show X was available in their country then it disappeared a week after they signed up. I think Netflix is trying to sell a pool of non-specific movies. But yes, it would be useful.
- biot 11y agoBy merely accessing a country-specific DNS server, Netflix will serve up the country-appropriate selection. You don't need to proxy your traffic through a VPN for this to work. There are DNS services which let you pick which country you would like to appear from and people use this for Netflix, Hulu, and others.
- martinp 11y agoThis is not entirely accurate. The way these DNS services work is that they return a different IP address (one they control) for certain Netflix domains. Then they do TCP proxying between you and Netflix to get around the region restrictions.