Playing NETFLIX in CHROME on Kubuntu with PIA VPN
There is a well known issue with trying to access NETFLIX using the above combination. In fact it seems that NETFLIX blocks access through many VPNs. However I have only tested this using Private Internet Access.
At 15th May, 2019, I discovered that I can get around the problem by taking the following steps:
1 - right click the PIA icon in the Panel and DISCONNECT from PIA
2 - Log IN to NETFLIX
3 - Start playing a movie
That's it :-)
4 - Once you finish watching the movie, simply RECONNECT to a VPN server.
Actually, you can reconnect to your VPN while the movie is playing, but movies seem to stop once the buffer fills. However, disconnecting and reconnecting again will start the movie again from where it stopped.
NOTE:
The NETFLIX movie stopped after about 15 minutes when I reconnected to an Aussie VPN server, but all the time I have been writing this, after reconnecting to a USA VPN server - it is still playing.
I will need to experiment some more. And I will update this. And as I got to 'this' the movie stopped again. Disconnecting the VPN - hitting Play - and Reconnecting to the VPN is getting me about 10 minutes of movie each time until the buffer does a refill.
The obvious solution is to simply disconnect from the VPN to use NETFLIX. But this does mean if I need to do something secure - like banking - I can use the VPN for a while to do that and then disconnect to continue NETFLIX.
