I don't see anyone mentioning the biggest problem with this.
Companies like Bright Data (the leading residential proxy provider) sell access to what is essentially a legal botnet.
Their IPs are indeed VPN exit points, but they also belong to some innocent family that just accidentally installed a browser extension without reading the EULA. 99% of their residential IPs belong to ordinary people who have no idea they are part of the botnet.
When Netflix bans these IPs, they are also banning this family, who are probably very confused as to why they can no longer use their Netflix subscription.
My hope is Netflix is smart enough to only block users using these IPs when the browser and system timezone and other attributes don't align with the geolocation of the IP.
Also, Bright Data's IP pool is a secret but you can just sign up as a user and make tons of requests and log them for yourself. Not exactly rocket science.
Companies like Bright Data (the leading residential proxy provider) sell access to what is essentially a legal botnet.
Their IPs are indeed VPN exit points, but they also belong to some innocent family that just accidentally installed a browser extension without reading the EULA. 99% of their residential IPs belong to ordinary people who have no idea they are part of the botnet.
When Netflix bans these IPs, they are also banning this family, who are probably very confused as to why they can no longer use their Netflix subscription.
My hope is Netflix is smart enough to only block users using these IPs when the browser and system timezone and other attributes don't align with the geolocation of the IP.
Also, Bright Data's IP pool is a secret but you can just sign up as a user and make tons of requests and log them for yourself. Not exactly rocket science.