https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/DeCENC

Here is the tool for the interested.

If they want to hide that, why not just not print it on the box?

To play online, yes. Has been like that for a loooong time on PS

I wouldn’t know. All I am saying is that Syncthing would not work for this purpose.

Syncthing works on a file level basis. If files are changed on both devices at the same time, it will have sync conflicts.

There is no shortage on frontend alternatives for PC… but somehow I have yet to find anything worth mentioning for iOS

Then suddenly all VPN providers will be „commercial“.

So how would that work? You can not distinguish between commercial or private use, because the traffic is encrypted, you don’t know what is transmitted, that is the whole point.

So these are blocked on a DNS Level? So just using a different DNS (like 9.9.9.9 or 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8) will get around this „block“

No. Remove the need for a server that the company provides for example.

The point is not to force them to invest into it, but to open them up if they don’t want to support them anymore.

You‘re welcome :)

Are you home now?

Reminder for everyone who does not know: doctor who is available on the bbc iplayer, which can be downloaded with get-iplayer.

If you are outside the UK, all you need is a DNS or VPN.

DNS filtering only gets you so far. An adblocker is still a very good addition

You underestimate what price difference is significant in some cases. If it is even a tenth of a cent cheaper, it is decided.