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Then either do without (because, come on, nobody's gonna die if they can't watch reality TV), buy it on disc, or pirate it? Netflix is blocking IP ranges so hard that residential space is getting caught in the blast radius. It's a cat and mouse game that you'll only win by refusing to play. https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-intensifies-vpn-ban-and-tar...


Some of us would like to get home country news besides the quite poor international channels, it is not always about Netflix.


I use a VPN to watch my local sports team - whose owner is currently in a contract dispute resulting in the team not being played on local tv.


To pirate it you need a VPN, in countries that have a surveilled internet and laws that enable suing file sharers. Germany for example.


What do you think the pirates who rip the content use to get it? There's not always going to be a local user to rip every single title.




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