In my case it’s ESPN+ to watch hockey games. ESPN only checks geolocation when you first connect to the stream. So long as you don’t turn off the stream you can watch the entire game. So I turn the VPN on for about 10 seconds and then turn it off. Works every time… at least last season it did.
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Do any of the streaming services whinge about the geolocationing?
In my case it’s ESPN+ to watch hockey games. ESPN only checks geolocation when you first connect to the stream. So long as you don’t turn off the stream you can watch the entire game. So I turn the VPN on for about 10 seconds and then turn it off. Works every time… at least last season it did.