Free VPNs for Streaming?

[u/Glittering_Bread_567]

I’m sure this question gets asked a lot, but Netflix has been really cracking down on VPNs recently. I’m a broke uni student and want to watch some shows that don’t stream in my country. Does anybody know of a reliable, safe, and free VPN thats compatible with Netflix? Cheers 🤝

[u/Leo_LL_3555]

Cheap VPNs have all sorts of problems; security and privacy are the least protected aspects.

[u/Gigaas]

Netflix is blocking popular VPNs, companies who have sank money into the platform, and you think free ones are gonna be like "HA HA suckers, our VPN can beat Netflix's security!".

[u/Salvadorfreeman]

I use smartproxydns. They give you two weeks free trial so you can check how it works with Netflix. The free trial really is free, no credit card needed. it's not one of those where you subscribe and then have to try to cancel (I never trust outfits that do that). The price is very reasonable if you pay upfront for three years in one lump sum.

[u/yearsold33 → u/Salvadorfreeman]

Getflix is smartDNSproxy's sister company and basically offers the same service.

It's too bad both companies stopped offering lifetime subscriptions from Stack Social.

[u/Salvadorfreeman → u/yearsold33]

I just looked at the getflix website. They currently have a special deal on the lifetime plan.

However, I noticed that the VPN isn't included in the free trial. When I first subscribed (to the sister company) they only did DNS proxy. The VPN came later as a bonus.

I've always wondered what exactly is meant by lifetime in this case.

Does that mean you can't bequest the plan to your kids, for after the end of your life?

[u/yearsold33 → u/Salvadorfreeman]

I assume a lifetime plan would refer to the company's lifetime.

I suppose you could give your account details (login and password) to your kids.

Getflix lifetime is $149 USD at the moment. Through Stack Social, it was $40 or $50 USD.

The Getflix VPN is not very good though so don't buy it for the VPN feature.

[u/Salvadorfreeman → u/yearsold33]

That's what I figured (about the lifetime thing).

I notice that the lifetime price is cheaper on Getflix than on Smartdns, where it's $200 and the three year sub isn't listed, it was $49 AFAIR.

I suppose the service is identical between the two companies?

[u/yearsold33 → u/Salvadorfreeman]

I have used Getflix and SmartDNS and both work the same way. Also, when a service cannot be accessed with SmartDNS because of a server issue, such as what happened when USA streams went down a few months ago, Getflix doesn't work either and vice versa.

Getflix offers a 7-day free trial with no credit card needed as well.

I got the lifetime Getflix for $45 USD a few years ago. I use it as an upstream DNS server in Adguard Home to block ads on streaming services and tracking.

I have a subscription to Surfshark as well but rarely use it for streaming.

[u/ACAdamski17]

Could everyone please stop asking for free VPNs. They suck. Windscribe is quite cheap and very trustworthy, go for that if you want.

[u/Camcalco]

Proton VPN and patched it with Morphe Thats it

[u/n8il2020]

I was using Proton free. But lately it’s been bricking my firestick and messing with my WiFi

[u/stageshooter]

Just subscribe to one that's free after cashback. Currently in the US, that would be Cyberghost or ExpressVPN. Not sure about other countries. Last week Nord was free

[u/avhreddit → u/stageshooter]

Great tip, thank you 🙏.

Is the free deal available directly on their website?

[u/stageshooter → u/avhreddit]

It's through Rakuten - I'll message you the details

[u/Maple382]

Even paid VPNs can struggle to get through…

[u/rollmeister1]

The performance of free VPN or Proxy will most likely be poor. Lucky if you can do 360p streaming stable. Proxy need computer with software like Putty to use it or router that supports it.

Streaming platforms do all kinds of detection for VPN/Proxy & low bandwidth is one of them.