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It's not exactly huge news but this kind of sucks for us Europeans who watch Netflix

 

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So any good alternatives?

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This is bad, very bad

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I'm assuming this is just a VPN? There's a certain sponsor *cough* hotspotshield *cough* that has a service you could try. A free alternative I've used is Hola Better Internet (a chrome extension).

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I just found what looks to be a good alternative, Zenmate

 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zenmate-for-google-chrome/fdcgdnkidjaadafnichfpabhfomcebme?hl=en

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Those prices are ridiculous, you can get a fully fledged VPN service for that money.

 

MIne is still working normally in FF though. :)

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Just tell it to not automatically update?

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Not sure if you've tried it, but Hola? I know a friend that uses it, but since I'm in NA I use MediaHint. It's unfortunate that it has gone "premium".

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Considering what you get and what it takes to run a VPN that isn't slow, there is a reason why most good VPN services are now "Premium" or "subscription based". This is because its nearly impossible to provide a quality VPN service for free or only through ads. $4 a month is NOT a lot that they are charging.

 

Plus as @dusty594 has mentioned, HotSpot Shield, which is a sponsor for LinusMediaGroup, is even cheaper over a year (I believe it's $30 a year), and you can receive a 10-20% Linus discount depending on the particular promo this month. Seriously that's half the cost of one 'AAA' game, for a years access to location restricted content. Best $30 I ever spent.

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Not sure if you've tried it, but Hola? I know a friend that uses it, but since I'm in NA I use MediaHint. It's unfortunate that it has gone "premium".

 

Didn't hola get bought out by some malware/adware/idkware company or something? I ain't gonna touch anything that has been bought by a company that buys companys for the sole purpose of spreading whatever it is they're spreading...

 

EDIT - Hola injects ads into websites, so i'm pretty sure that's adware. There's a way to disable it, but I really don't trust them anymore.

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www.hola.org lets you pick your country for any website. 

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use chrome and the hola extension, its free and works great

 

 

Didn't hola get bought out by some malware/adware/idkware company or something? I ain't gonna touch anything that has been bought by a company that buys companys for the sole purpose of spreading whatever it is they're spreading...

 

EDIT - Hola injects ads into websites, so i'm pretty sure that's adware. There's a way to disable it, but I really don't trust them anymore.

 

Hmm is this true? I have never had an issue with it in the last month I have been using the chrome extension

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Trying out ZenMate for Chrome, So far It seems to work alright.

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Olive will let you access American Netflix from Europe (or anywhere else) for free. Its a Desktop Application and is free of cost. 

 

You can get it from here: getolive.org

 

Also, I am the creator of it and will love your feedback!  :)

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Why do you have so many tabs open?

I don't anymore, i just keep 2 or 3 different windows open for different things, much easier to navigate

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Cyberghost is my new favourite it does take a bit to connect but its still pretty decent for free u get a limited choice of countries and ips within that country and of course u get a ton more if u pay but i think its great i like an actual desktop app over a chrome extension.

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I have used Hola Unblocked for some stuff and it works pretty well.

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