[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":305},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-8444832":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":5,"line_source":6,"title":7,"url":8,"domain":9,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":39,"post_text":42,"what":43,"said":81,"maker_in_thread":186,"shape":193,"grid":197,"attempts":267,"same_week":268,"maker_shows":297,"maker_hidden":298,"reader_version":299,"card":300},"8444832","A Dockerized proxy to watch Netflix outside the US","title","Show HN: A Dockerized proxy to watch Netflix outside the US","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.stavros.io\u002Fposts\u002Fnetflix-for-the-rest-of-us\u002F","stavros.io","StavrosK",1413105451,2014,63,29,505,2272,23,"notable","infrastructure","self-hosted proxy","other",[23,24,25,26,27],"netflix proxy","docker","haproxy","geo-blocking","vps","curious",0,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":29,"critical":31},1,8,10,{"execution":35,"pricing":36,"performance":37,"idea":38},{"positive":31,"critical":29},{"positive":29,"critical":29},{"positive":29,"critical":29},{"positive":29,"critical":31},[29,40,29,40,29,29,40,40,29,40,29,40,40,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,40,29,31,29,29,29,41],3,5,null,{"problem":44,"audience":53,"pricing":61,"motivation":65,"time_to_build":42,"stack":69,"openness":80,"stage":80,"team_size":80},{"value":45,"source":46,"evidence":47},"Watching US Netflix from outside the US","maker",[48,50],{"id":49},"post",{"id":51,"by":10,"text":52},"8445843","I used that too, it's very good, but I didn't want to pay am extra $5 on top of the Netflix subscription every month.",{"value":54,"source":55,"evidence":56},"People outside the US who want US Netflix","inferred",[57,58],{"id":51,"by":10,"text":52},{"id":59,"by":10,"text":60},"8446173","I don't pay, I already have a VPS, so the marginal cost is free. 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I may try and report back...…",{"value":77,"source":46,"evidence":78},"HAProxy",[79],{"id":74,"by":10,"text":75},"unknown",{"praise":82,"objections":91,"requests":126,"questions":131,"alternatives":146},[83],{"value":84,"source":85,"evidence":86},"Good use of Docker","commenter",[87],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"8445271","oellegaard","Excellent use of docker",[92,96,102,112],{"value":93,"source":46,"evidence":94},"Docker may not run on OpenVZ VPS hosts",[95],{"id":74,"by":10,"text":75},{"value":97,"source":46,"evidence":98},"Proxying only web pages is cheaper than full VPN",[99],{"id":100,"by":10,"text":101},"8445333","Yes, but it proxies all traffic (rather than just the webpages).",{"value":103,"source":85,"evidence":104},"Using it breaks the law",[105,109],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"8446112","gcb0","so, you are now breaking the law + paying for a service that dont meet your needs + limiting your content selection. why not go to breaking the law + not supporting services that…",{"id":110,"by":107,"text":111},"8450856","you are paying a US company while agreeing to not watch it outside the US. seems to pretty much go against what the intent of the law is.",{"value":113,"source":85,"evidence":114},"Hola raises privacy concerns",[115,119,123],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"8445495","funkydata","I think you get used as a peer according to their F.A.Q. : https:\u002F\u002Fhola.org\u002Ffaq#in_cost",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"8446089","hesselink","Be careful with Hola: they started injecting ads in all pages on Firefox at some point...",{"id":124,"by":10,"text":125},"8445272","Yeah, me neither, so I have a hard time trusting them... 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