• kobra@lemmy.zip
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    16 hours ago

    I really wish I could use them but it never works with my streaming services. I’ve had to stick to Proton or NordVPN for reliable streaming :(

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      10 hours ago

      They literally say that they don’t support streaming sites somewhere. Why even try? All those services are actively putting protections against vpns and fighting them as much as they can. A vpn service to support streaming sites needs to be constantly fighting and working on it.

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        6 hours ago

        ah okay, didn’t realize that. Sounds like mullvad just isn’t a good fit for my use case.

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      15 hours ago

      Have you tried all the extra settings they have to bypass blockers? There’s a lot of ways to change things to get it to work.

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        15 hours ago

        It’s probably been a year or so since I’ve given Mullvad another try, so maybe it’s time I do that soon.

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          15 hours ago

          something that works for me is trying different servers until one gets through, i.e. it’s not in the site’s blocklist. Then I favorite that server and use it whenever I need that particular site

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      14 hours ago

      Even proton is super exposed to the web, I hate nord but they’re the only one I’ve ever used where you barely ever get captchas or broken apps

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      13 hours ago

      Me too, but I managed to make it work by trying different servers. For example for Japanese Netflix I use jp-osa-wg-004 instead of the default

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        11 hours ago

        Are English subs available when you’re on a Japan server? I haven’t checked it yet but my wife says it isn’t available, so we usually go for Singapore or Malaysia.

        The other problem is it seems they are implementing some restrictions somehow because a lot of the anime shows we watch have disappeared, whereas another user on the same account who is located in Asia (not necessarily in Singapore and Malaysia) has access to the very same shows.

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            2 hours ago

            Just checked, it’s hit-or-miss, like around a third of the content doesn’t have English subs available. And yeah, Frieren does have eng subs.