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Even if Netflix is serious about blocking VPNs, it's unlikely to succeed

• bobby_9x 11y ago
  Of course it won't be 100% successful, but it will block the average VPN user (they can pretty easily get the blocks of IP from these providers). This will satisfy the content providers and the tech savvy people will still be able to get around the block.
  • teaman2000 11y ago
    I think the average VPN user IS pretty tech savvy.
    • tshtf 11y ago
      Maybe you've never visited /r/VPN on Reddit.
    • Arnt 11y ago
      Doesn't matter much. Netflix has the data to detect VPN users among its customers, because it has a country from the payment provider. If you connect to Netflix from a colo in the US and your payment provider says you're in Kazahkstan, Netflix has good reason to think that that IP address is a VPN exit point. When that happens two or three times with different customers and the same IP address, boom.