Always Be Watching

Always Be Watching

Why is Netflix preventing me from watching its service??? (Which I pay it money for)

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Dan Barrett
Jul 05, 2026
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Welcome to my great frustration of the moment. I cannot watch anything on Netflix. My household has been BLOCKED.

There’s a slight caveat to that, which I’ll get to in a moment.

When I load up Netflix and try watching anything, I get an arror message: “You seem to be using a VPN or proxy…”

And yes, I do regularly use a VPN in my household. But even on devi…

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