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My biggest issue is they always go with the claim you can watch Netflix etc from other countries but I can’t even watch Netflix for my own country with Express or Nord VPN as it detects them and won’t allow it. These are the two most advertised VPNs and it’s blatantly false advertisement.

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It's a mixed bag, the so-called "obfuscated servers" can sometimes allow you to watch region-locked content on Netflix.

But they (Netflix) are definitely trying to combat these attempts and you can get cut off in the middle of the movie...

Pirates offer a superior service every time, until this is solved nothing will change.

region locks are such an absurd leftover from the entertainment industry, and likely at least in part because they’re not going to improve the systems they put in place to hypercharge folks based on country/local market effects, etc. Really all I have to say it’s just stupid to have them in the streaming age unless you’re pulling in the checks.

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