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[–] kobra@lemmy.zip 17 points 5 months ago (12 children)

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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[–] tyler@programming.dev 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] kobra@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

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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[–] colonelp4nic@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months 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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[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 child)

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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[–] kobra@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago

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

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[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago (1 child)

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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[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Even on lemmy. Sometimes I can't comment because I'm on proton vpn..

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[–] judgyweevil@feddit.it 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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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[–] scytale@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] judgyweevil@feddit.it 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

For Frieren there were Japanese and English subs

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[–] scytale@piefed.zip 1 point 5 months 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.

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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago

Self-hosted is unfortunately the way to go.

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[–] FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

Average Mullvad win

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[–] Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app 42 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Damn, I read that article describing the fingerprinting a week ago I think it was. That is some damn good turnaround from one of the few companies I still love.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 19 points 5 months ago

What one programmer can do in one month two can do in two months. Mullvad is small and dedicated enough to not have to wait for a separate QA team, etc.

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[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 39 points 5 months ago (8 children)

If only they allowed port forwarding

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[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Agreed, but the reason why they stopped allowing it is fairly understandable. Would be nice if there was another way to still allow it but at the same time, prevent the sharing of abusive content, all while maintaining user privacy.

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 7 points 5 months ago

Would be nice to have uPNP with a ~6 hour rotation just for torrenting.