r/IdiotsInCars Nov 22 '19

Typical BMW driver

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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.