Netflix began blocking VPN and proxy providers in 2015 and stepped up its efforts in 2021. VPN providers aiming to continue providing geofence circumvention services to their customers typically leased IP addresses associated with residential IP subnets. This resulted in Netflix banning a wide range of IP addresses that the VPN was using as egress proxies.
Other services, including Amazon’s Prime Video, Parmount+, and the BBC, have similarly stepped up efforts to block anything resembling tunnel traffic. For example, Proton has a guide to “Unblock Amazon Prime Video using Proton VPN.” Proton also writes on its page that it “does not condone the use of our VPN service to circumvent copyright regulations.”
If you search the web, you’ll find newly updated lists of the best VPNs for bypassing geo-filtering blocks for various services, many of which are dated by year or even month. Facts can give you a clue as to how effective a VPN is. It might be one of the solutions.
Proton VPN is probably more useful for getting back to content you’re entitled to, or for keeping your viewing habits private on your Apple TV when you’re away from home. As for other things, well, it might be worth a try. To use the Apple TV app, you need a paid Proton VPN plan.
