NETFLIX ISN’T CRACKING DOWN ON VPN USAGE!

Netflix denies attempt to crackdown on VPN users from accessing its content. Users rejoice! You can still access Netflix using a VPN!

Netflix users around the globe can breathe a sigh of relief as it appears the Snowball effect has taken place, in that recent speculation that online streaming network Netflix has plans to crackdown on VPN users from using its service, are actually “false.”

Earlier this week some users reported difficulties in getting the Netflix for Android app to work over a VPN and Domain Name System (DNS) services which sent many Netflix users into a mad panic. Reports flooded the net with news that Netflix were cracking down on VPN users who reportedly use it to access the US version of Netflix. US Netflix offers a wider selection of movies and TV shows than what is available in the rest of the world, for example, the US version offers shows such as Twin Peaks, and Broad City but these are not accessible to UK Netflix customers.

However, since those initial reports, during a roundtable meeting at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Neil Hunt, chief product officer for Netflix stated that “On the Android app we added a failsafe, so that if DNS times out we fall back to Google DNS. It’s not intended to steer people away from VPN – it’s intended to make the application more robust when your own DNS provider is failing.” So, the app update was to improve stability, and not a means to block VPN users.

Hunt added that “the claims that we have changed our policy on VPN are false. People who are using a VPN to access our service from outside of the area will find that it still works exactly as it has always done.”

So, there you have it straight from the horses mouth, Netflix are NOT cracking down on VPN users.

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