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Plaster_Lion t1_iuzdz99 wrote

It will also be available on VPN in the US.

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Doinwerklol t1_iv0wirt wrote

yeah this is fucking stupid when I already have Prime. Im not getting peacock because you refuse to show it in the US on prime. Fuck both of these companies.

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sqigglygibberish t1_iv163ee wrote

It’s the opposite, is it not?

Peacock picked it up, but peacock doesn’t do international. So they sold the international rights to Amazon.

It’s not like Amazon and peacock are in cahoots - they’re competing with one another

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dragunityag t1_iv1coqz wrote

How do you get VPN to work with streams? Every service except crunchyroll knows when I'm using one.

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zninjamonkey t1_iv3u1c4 wrote

I use AirPlay. VPN on phone and airplay the content on my tv

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Futuramafryday t1_iv4ni1m wrote

I’ve never had a problem with Mullvad, never ran into a streaming issue with it on Netflix HBO or Disney+

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friendoffuture t1_iv0po85 wrote

Does this actually work? I've had several different VPN providers and they always get flagged as VPNs by the streaming services.

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[deleted] t1_iv1ahky wrote

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friendoffuture t1_iv1ewth wrote

Thanks LTJD Obvious!

Anyways VPNs are advertised as a work around streaming service region locking but I've never seen it work. I'm not a network guy, barely know the basics of TCP IP and network topology but afaik it's trivial to detect requests originating from VPNs.

It's like giving someone a PO Box address (US thing, Google it). They can't really find your real address but they know you're not living inside a tiny box in a USPS store in a strip mall.

Edit: I apologize for my tone, it's early for me and I had a rough morning including a truly awful commute. I wasn't trying to call you out but I see how it could be taken that way.

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mjoav t1_iv1npee wrote

I haven’t needed to do this in years but it definitely used to work. I’m guessing the streaming services have become more sophisticated about it now.

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numb3rb0y t1_iv20fqq wrote

And torrents outside the US for everyone who doesn't want to deal with Prime's UI.

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LegoAquaman69 t1_iv01c1i wrote

What I literally came here to say. You just said it better.

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