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I asked ChatGPT to help me save on sports streaming — the results surprised me

I'm not actually sure getting around geolocations via VPNs is "legal" in the strict sense of the word.
 
It’s getting harder and harder. The MLB app won’t work if you have a VPN running now.
 
jp10558 said:
I'm not actually sure getting around geolocations via VPNs is "legal" in the strict sense of the word.
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What law are you breaking?


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buzglyd said:
It’s getting harder and harder. The MLB app won’t work if you have a VPN running now.
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How do they know you have a VPN if you pay for a dedicated IP address?


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buzglyd said:
You’re knowledge is already beyond mine
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I'm not an expert but as I understand it the cheap / free VPNs give you a different IP address every time you login. This is a dead give away you are using a VPN. If you pay more you can get a VPN with a fixed IP address.
 
TolmiePeak said:
I'm not an expert but as I understand it the cheap / free VPNs give you a different IP address every time you login. This is a dead give away you are using a VPN. If you pay more you can get a VPN with a fixed IP address.
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I used Windscribe (paid). I’ve never looked into it. I know if you open the Spectrum app with a VPN on, it tells you right away to turn off the VPN.
 
If you are running a VPN on your phone, the sports application can detect the VPN application running on the phone too.

If you are running the VPN on the router or downstream of the application, the MLB application probably can't detect it.
 
Windscribe also had an Apple TV app and I’ve had some success with that but the MLB app has gotten a lot smarter.

As a Dodger fan, Palm Desert area, Las Vegas and even Hawaii are all considered Dodger territory. So if the hotel TV doesn’t carry Spectrum SportsNet, you’re out of luck without a work around. It used to be easy but has gotten much more difficult recently.
 
TolmiePeak said:
What law are you breaking?


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Probably some interpretation of copyright because the stuff is licensed for a specific region by physical location not by IP, but you can fool them (sometimes) by using a VPN - but that doesn't change that you're breaking the license for access to the content because you aren't physically in the correct region.
 
DrQ said:
If you are running a VPN on your phone, the sports application can detect the VPN application running on the phone too.

If you are running the VPN on the router or downstream of the application, the MLB application probably can't detect it.
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Apps and servers can use many other ways to detect the use of a VPN like:
  • The sports application may send the geolocation of your phone reported by the phone GPS to the sports server. The server can compare it with the location of the connection IP and detect a discrepancies and block the access. I never tried it but using a phone app like FakeGPS may help spoofing the geolocation of the phone.
  • The sports server may have a list of known IP address used by VPN and block the access.
  • The sports app may use a service like Appdome to detect VPN.
  • ......
 
Amazing so many people are paying for all these services. But someone is doing it otherwise we wouldn’t have all these 50-60 million contracts. If I can’t get it on my antenna then I pretty much have to go to a sports bar these days. I’m certainly not paying for any of these premium tv services
 
chosshaul said:
Amazing so many people are paying for all these services. But someone is doing it otherwise we wouldn’t have all these 50-60 million contracts. If I can’t get it on my antenna then I pretty much have to go to a sports bar these days. I’m certainly not paying for any of these premium tv services
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YouTube at $14 a month is hardly "premium"
 
I'm using Nord on all our devices. I can switch locations and watch what ever. It's usually only a thing for us when we are in Mexico or Canada and want to watch American sports or streams.

Bill
 
chosshaul said:
Amazing so many people are paying for all these services. But someone is doing it otherwise we wouldn’t have all these 50-60 million contracts. If I can’t get it on my antenna then I pretty much have to go to a sports bar these days. I’m certainly not paying for any of these premium tv services
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How much do you spend at the sports bar?
 
The clickbait spam headlines get worse & worse, more & more childish. I figured I'd read this to see what "surprised" him.
NOTHING. Anyone read it? Anyone noticed that nothing really surprised him? He already knows about VPNs. Chat told him to use a VPN. Nobody who has even thought about watching sports w/o paying for the cable or league fees can possibly be surprised at anything in that recommendation.
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