So I've been messing around with VPNs for streaming again, trying to get that sweet Netflix unblocking magic. Last time I did this I was convinced Nord and Surfshark could still pull it off but after a recent test, I gotta say I'm pretty skeptical. Hooked up to a supposedly working VPN, and Netflix still threw me the regional error screen. Tried different servers, different protocols, even a few other popular names, still nada. It's like they've gotten smarter or maybe I've just gone soft in my old age. Honestly, I remember back in the day when VPNs just worked for this stuff without a second thought. Now it feels like a game of cat and mouse where the mouse is winning most of the time. And all these claims about 'it works 100 percent' - yeah right. The privacy part is another story, because if they're just fooling around with the IPs, what about the logs, the jurisdiction, all that jazz? It's like the more I look into it, the more I wonder if we're just squeezing juice out of a lemon that's been dead for years. So for now, I'm calling it a toss-up. Anyone actually cracked the Netflix VPN code recently or just riding the same old merry-go-round?