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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Most of us are aware how geoblocks are one more reason people nudge towards piracy. Well, I didn't knew that companies imposed geoblocks even on free content.

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[-] [email protected] 62 points 5 months ago

Many US based websites are no longer displaying content to Europeans, since they can't legally harvest data. Youtube, Instagram and other websites/apps playing licensed content are also increasingly disregarding countries where licenses are expensive and/or revenue is low.

I'd really look into getting a good VPN. Mullvad ($5/month) is awesome, or else Proton in the free tier (can't pick the server but get one assigned at random, might need to restart to get one in a useful location).

[-] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Yup but that's fine, they are full of crap anyway. :)

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

(can’t pick the server but get one assigned at random, might need to restart to get one in a useful location)

Oh, you absolutely can. You can download Wireguard or OpenVPN configs for specific servers even with free tier.
On Android I use: https://github.com/schwabe/ics-openvpn

Though they don't let you select servers in Romania and Poland. Perhaps they just forgot to update the download page.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Ah yeah, I'm in China so I need the stealth option, which doesn't work with OpenVPN.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

since they can't legally harvest data

Oh, poor little things 🥺

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Free proton has USA, Japan and netherlands

[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

And as of recently Poland and Romania:

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Guess I gotta update lol, sadly free proton can't torrent

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