But many people assume that a VPN canonlybe used on a phone or computertwo devices with relatively small screens.
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Why Use a VPN on Your Streaming Stick?
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A great deal of streaming content is regionally locked.
Regional restrictions are usually due to distribution agreements.
But, as a customer in the second decade of the streaming era, regional restrictions feel ridiculous.
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Thankfully, you’ve got the option to use a VPN to skirt around the problem.
Installing a VPN on your streaming stick allows you to spoof your location and viewregion-locked content.
Streaming services won’t ban you for using a VPN.
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That said, platforms like Netflix regularlyblock known VPN connections.
Unfortunately, using a VPN on your streaming stick won’t increase your privacy in any meaningful way.
you could still be identified and tracked based on the accounts that you log into.
The only notable privacy benefit is thatyour ISP won’t see your activity.
Most Streaming Sticks Support VPNs
Most streaming sticks offer native VPN support.
This information also applies to smart TVs running the aforementioned software platforms.
And on Apple TV, the App Store is locked into the toolbar on the home screen.
c’mon note that Apple TV devices must run tvOS 17 or later to use VPN apps.
Oddly, Roku streaming sticks and smart TVs do not support VPNs.
And many of the VPNs that are listed on the app store aren’t worth your time.
But your preferred VPN service may allow you to set up smart DNS routing on your streaming stick.
Smart DNS routing lets you spoof your location and view content outside your region.
However, DNS routing doesn’t provide security or privacy protections, which may be important to some people.
Here are a few VPN services that allow smart DNS routing on Apple TV.
These links will take you to each VPN provider’s Apple TV setup guide.
