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Netflix blocks virtually all VPS provider IP ranges, so you can’t even host your own VPN to work around it.
by rbritton 8y ago
Netflix blocks virtually all VPS provider IP ranges, so you can’t even host your own VPN to work around it.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> Netflix blocks virtually all VPS provider IP ranges Netflix has done a terrific job of deflecting the issue from themselves onto ISPs. Yet Netflix et al support rights holders through their policies. It’s a complicated battlefield.
- phobosdeimos 8y agoTrue, Netflix first got popular in my country by people using VPN to access it. Now that they operate locally and are a part of the establishment they've been diligent in squashing VPNs.
- chatmasta 8y agoI’ve been using a VPN on an EC2 server for over a year with Netflix with no issues. I think the trick is to be the only one on the IP address and to use the same IP address frequently. It’s an interesting problem because really, Netflix just needs to pretend to care, enough to satisfy the rightsholders they are buying licenses from. At one point, there were millions of users in Australia even though Netflix didn’t even have a presence there.
- PenguinCoder 8y agoI'm really interested to see how they accomplished this. Considering PIA puts up new nodes pretty quickly, and doesn't have one congruent address space, how does Netflix detect PIA or other vpn users?
- chrisper 8y agoProbably by doing the opposite: Allow Home ISP IP spaces only and block everything else.