it's been the norm for awhile. many streaming services have extremely strict policies on where you can watch content, many site owners set up regional blocking

it's been the norm for awhile. many streaming services have extremely strict policies on where you can watch content, many site owners set up regional blocking if you aren't showing as from the US without VPN, even some fairly major US store chains won't let you _look_ at the site if you're not showing as from the US without vpn. it's also very common for sites behind cloud flare to either just completely block you out or make the captchas so egregious that you can't continue.