Yes, I know how proxies and VPNs work, but I'm not going to spend money and break the terms of service just to trick a company into accepting my money. If they don't want to do business with me, then so be it. Spotify's recommendation algorithm isn't as good (ooh, you liked a song in Russian? that must mean you only want to hear Russian bands from now on, right?), but they don't think I'm too foreign for them.