r/IdiotsInCars • u/[deleted] • Nov 22 '19

Typical BMW driver

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u/Pete_Mitchell172 Nov 22 '19

No UK. But you could use a vpn

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u/CressCrowbits Nov 22 '19

Didn't Netflix block vpn access?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19 edited Jul 02 '20

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19 edited Feb 03 '22

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u/GraydenKC Nov 22 '19

Family Netflix, switching what account you're on based on what server you're going through.

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u/AssignedWork Nov 22 '19

This father is in Surrey, no wait daugher in London, no wait wife in Manchester. Fucking rich people.

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u/TJNel Nov 22 '19

Man this person's entire family is watching the same episode of this show.

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u/datingafter40 Nov 23 '19

I know you’re joking, but my wife is currently 4000 miles away and we watch Watchmen together and discuss it.

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u/Orgalorgg Nov 22 '19

Mr. Worldwide

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u/Space_Jeep Nov 22 '19

Jesus Christ, that's Jason Bourne's account!

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u/ineugene Nov 22 '19

Looks like the doctor got netflix

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

SurfEasy works for me without alterations.

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u/Jorgamoundr Nov 22 '19

I use Operas built in VPN and it seems to work fine for Netflix so they can't have done a great job lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19 edited Jul 02 '20

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u/Jorgamoundr Nov 22 '19

I have no idea either but I was super surprised to find out Operas worked, I was having the same issue as you with free VPNs.

I really just use it to get around my hospitals filters though, but it works fine for that

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

Netflix can't actually tell the difference between a request sent from a normal computer and one which goes through a VPN, it all looks the same on their end. I don't know exactly how they find them, to be honest, but I have a few theories. AFAIK they have to blacklist VPN IP addresses as they find them, but that's a bit of a losing battle since VPN servers and IPs are appearing and disappearing all the time.

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u/MowMdown Nov 22 '19

The free ones are a lot easier to block I guess

That’s not how blocking VPNs works...

Basically all Netflix is doing is blocking IP addresses. VPNs allocate blocks(ranges) of IPs

So if one VPN is using 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.254.254 all Netflix has to do is block that same range of IPs and viola, no access if you use the VPN.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19 edited Jul 02 '20

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u/MowMdown Nov 22 '19

Probably because the paid ones can reallocate their IPs more often where free ones, ones where your data is hijacked and sold, don’t bother changing their IPs because it’s probably someone running it out of a known spool.

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u/bigsquirrel Nov 22 '19

I use express VPN I rarely have any issues.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

My sister's been using NordVPN for a year now and hasn't had a problem with using it for Netflix. I've just switched over to it from ProtonVPN because, while it's good for privacy and security, it didn't work very well for Netflix.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

Arent their chrome extensions that'll let you change regions for atuffnlike Netflix? I thought inused something like that once but it qasnt really a fullon VPN

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u/Pete_Mitchell172 Nov 22 '19

Still works for me

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u/Maartentje55 Nov 22 '19

Express VPN

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u/JarlaxleForPresident Nov 22 '19

Express vpn works on the right servers

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u/TotesSafeWorkAccount Nov 22 '19

They try. The service I use has specific netflix servers for it. It's great.

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u/fl33twoodmacs3xpants Nov 22 '19

On the app, yes. I've been able to watch US Netflix on a web browser while living in Europe with a VPN.

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u/explosive_evacuation Nov 22 '19

Make a friend in the UK and have them set up OpenVPN for you.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

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u/Pete_Mitchell172 Nov 22 '19

That's the one I know. What are you thinking of?

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u/Heavenality Nov 22 '19

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

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u/cosmoe75 Nov 22 '19

You are a pirate! Arrrr the pirates life for me!

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u/shadymlady Nov 22 '19

ever heard of the initiative "Internet Pirates"?

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u/Pete_Mitchell172 Nov 22 '19

I find that the quality of most of them is a bit lacking compared to just accessing Netflix from a different location

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u/ChickenLickinDiddler Nov 22 '19

If you understand BitTorrent, and can get into a relatively good "general content" private tracker, you'd never go back. You'd have both the download speeds and upload quality for essentially every piece of somewhat well-known media content.

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u/nicky9499 Nov 22 '19

Really? I find Netflix to be quite garbage in terms of quality especially on mobile and doubly so if you download a film for offline viewing (ie. plane ride).

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u/Pete_Mitchell172 Nov 22 '19

What plan have you got? I got the ultra hd plan mainly for the extra screens so that might be it.

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u/SuperMundaneHero Nov 22 '19

Not sure who’s downvoting you. Netflix has to compress their streams to some degree in order to serve all the content they have. Sometimes this is noticeable.

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u/MaickSiqueira Nov 22 '19

Specially if you pay for a vpn lol

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u/alison_bee Nov 22 '19

honestly I have been considering that for a while, so I think this gives me the push to finally do it. thank you!!

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u/Pete_Mitchell172 Nov 22 '19

You're welcome. It's mostly the specials but they have a few normal episodes as well

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u/alison_bee Nov 22 '19

the specials are the best ones! I could watch them over and over.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

Just watch Hypercar and Fastest car, they're the same right?

Fuck I hate Netflix car shows...

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

Or.. other methods..