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This is not a terribly difficult restriction to get around: 1) Boot an ec2 instance in VA, US 2) ssh -D 8888 <ec2hostname> 3) Configure Chrome/FF t
by stanleydrew 14y ago
This is not a terribly difficult restriction to get around:
1) Boot an ec2 instance in VA, US
2) ssh -D 8888 <ec2hostname>
3) Configure Chrome/FF to use a SOCKS proxy on localhost:8888
- arunoda 14y agonice.
- arunoda 14y agowhy down voting this? I just said nice.
- jhchabran 14y agoI'm already using a VPN in the US to handle that (Netflix), but they reject my credit card (french one). Any idea of a workaround ? EDIT : typo
- Moto7451 14y agoYou could try purchasing a prepaid Visa, Mastercard, or American Express gift card online and have it shipped to you. I see that amazon.com has various prepaid gift cards. Another option I'd be less excited about is a "reloadable" (i.e. Green Dot) debit card. I believe most US issued reloadable cards require a social security number however.
- mbesto 14y agoI think you can buy a US gift card[1] and use that instead. I haven't tried it, so don't quote me on it ;) [1] - https://www311.americanexpress.com/BOLWeb/bolfeOrder.do?request_type=orderProduct&promotion=ACP&program=ACPWEB&selleracctnbr=6430098999I&intlink=GC:hm:Pg:PGC https://www311.americanexpress.com/BOLWeb/bolfeOrder.do?requ...
- oemera 14y agoI was successful with a prepaid credit card with US dollar as the currency. Just go to entropay.com, create a credit card and put some money on it.
- discountgenius 14y agoAre you willing to wait "6 to 8 weeks?" http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/21/3257144/bitinstant-bitcoin-debit-credit-card-rumor http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/21/3257144/bitinstant-bitcoin...
- recursive 14y agoIf you think that any one of those three steps is not far beyond the technical ability of most hulu users, you're dreaming.
- iconfinder 14y agoAnd probably also beyond a lot of Hacker News readers' technical ability.
- donall 14y agoThis is an interesting comment. I take it for granted that the majority of readers are pretty comfortable doing that kind of thing. Is there any way of telling what the real distribution is?
- recursive 14y agoI doubt it. Maybe a survey. I'm one out of three. I could set up a socks proxy in chrome. As for the others, I'm sure I could learn them, but I have no idea where to start.
- Argorak 14y agoQuoting the old Erlang meme: did you just tell me to go ---- myself? Seriously. I won't jump through hoops to give others my money, broken copyright or not. I don't see a huge push by those companies to change the way things are. Wheres the lobbying for a global copyright or easier access rules? Where are the visible changes? As long as all those efforts don't lead to a change, they won't have my business.
- DiabloD3 14y agoYes, Bob, I think he did.
- stanleydrew 14y agoI don't think you should pay them. I certainly don't. I was merely pointing out how I've been able to watch Hulu content while traveling outside the US.
- Argorak 14y agoI am not able to use Hulu (wrong country), but don't they at least have a travel mode? Spotify has one, for example.
- snowwrestler 14y agoHow would you be giving Hulu any of your money when the shows are free to watch?
- Argorak 14y agohttp://www.hulu.com/plus http://www.hulu.com/plus
- snowwrestler 14y agoI know about Hulu Plus, but the subject of this particular discussion is their (free) website redesign.
- mistercow 14y agoYou know what's even easier than that? BitTorrent.
- jwr 14y agoHave you actually tried? Can you pay for Hulu with a non-US credit card?