VPN exits often "come from datacenters". And there are entire countries where the web can be unusable without.

If you don't have LaLiga in your country, that doesn't mean everyone is so lucky. Blanket IP range bans, in this day and age? Basically a proclamation of incompetence.

Basically a proclamation of incompetence.

I understand your frustration. Normally a blog site would not have any or many of these measures enabled. This is more of a test site to show what could be done on any other type of site. People can pick and choose which methods to use. Some may wish to block VPNs and proxies especially on forums.

I should make an article that shows additional ways to detect VPN's, including residential.