Last night I was blocked from HBOMAX (or whatever brand they go by these days) for being on a VPN. That was the first time I've ever encountered something like that on HBOMAX. I wonder if there is some coordinating event here.

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rsync a day ago | parent [-]

Did the error condition actually call out "VPN use" ? Did the HBO UI actually call out, by that term, a VPN ?

... or were you simply using a VPN and that's the most likely culprit for a general failure of the service ?

Genuinely curious ...

	▲	dewey 16 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Having it spelled out as "Are you on a VPN?" on streaming services is pretty common these days. I guess with the popularity of consumer VPNs that term isn't just a technical one any more.
	▲	lightyrs 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They specifically used "VPN" in the error message but I can't remember the exact text of the whole message.