Iā€™ve found a fair amount of services donā€™t work when Iā€™m on Mullvad. Some of them I donā€™t care about, but others are more important. I wonder if changing locations might help with this.
Regarding streaming services like Netflix, doesnā€™t it change the content you receive if you use a VPN to access from a different country? I guess that could be good or bad depending on what youā€™re looking to access, but I donā€™t think itā€™s just a cheaper bill with no other changes?
Its a constant war. Services ban IP addresses they believe are VPNs. Try switching up you IP.
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Yep that's what I was thinking, too. Will do!
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Iā€™ve found a fair amount of services donā€™t work when Iā€™m on Mullvad.
For example? It seems all fine for me šŸ‘€ but I am not using many services atm.
Regarding streaming services like Netflix, doesnā€™t it change the content you receive if you use a VPN to access from a different country?
Netflix uses algorithms to recommend shows for users. e.g. if you enjoy watching Korean shows, once you have watched or searched for one, it then keeps recommending similar shows; content-wise, there isn't much difference between a Turkish user and an American user tbh. However, as the post mentioned, some content is unavailable in some areas due to IP protections, but then what is stopping you from using VPN again?
But I'm only showing what is possible with a VPN, it's up to you to decide the best practice for yourself šŸ¤“
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Iā€™ve had people share Instagram links with me that wonā€™t load until Iā€™m off Mullvad. I donā€™t use it personally but I like to be able to see whatā€™s being shared with me. Similar for Netflix, Ticketmaster, Hulu: Iā€™ve tried to login and it just fails with various error messages. As soon as I turn off vpn and try again, it works fine. So Iā€™ve just found it to be something to be aware of.
This definitely wasnā€™t a critique of your post, just adding another data point for folks to be aware of :)
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Itā€™s the universe trying to tell you to stop watching shitty Instagram content.
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Hehe hard to argue with that
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