Streaming competitor Disney+ is looking to boost revenue with live sports tier

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

How does a VPN help you steam sans Netflix? You're using other streaming services and get access to more content from other countries?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think they're referring to sites like 123movies and the like, which are usually blocked by most ISPs

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    are they? my ISP doesn't block sites like that... Is this a DNS thing?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Could be a US thing. There are certain sites for ripping youtube videos (etc) that aren’t accessible from here due to piracy laws and you have to VPN into Asia etc to have access.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have not had that issue in the US.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    One example (for me anyway) is inserting “pp” into any youtube video address before the .com so it’s “youtubepp.com/etc”, and opens the youtube link in another service to download it by a few different options. I get a no-access notice if I go there connected to a US vpn server, or with no vpn, but if I switch to a non-US server, it works without a problem.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The user is advocating for piracy. Just so everybody's clear on how they replaced their Netflix subscription with a VPN.

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