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Raymond Lin · 26 Aug 2023 at 23:35

T1Cybernetic said:
I've just been kicked off my Indian plan after about 3 years

My bank cards are both being declined (Barclays and Halifax) I'm just not sure yet what to do and I don't yet have a Revolut or Starling or anything like that. Which one is best do you think?

Doesn’t matter, just go to Ukraine.

S.A.S · 27 Aug 2023 at 00:59

Raiden85 said:
If you watch it on the PC and use then this addon called AdGuard Extra seems to block Twitch ads for me, there's no UI its just an addon for any other ad blockers.

AdGuard Extra - Chrome Web Store

AdGuard Extra is designed to solve complicated cases when regular ad blocking rules aren't enough.

chrome.google.com

Supports Firefox as well but it seems that it has to be installed manually on that browser.

AdGuardExtra/README.md at master · AdguardTeam/AdGuardExtra

AdGuard Extra is designed to solve complicated cases when regular ad blocking rules aren't enough. - AdguardTeam/AdGuardExtra

github.com

ooo i'll try it out thanks.

Zenduri · 27 Aug 2023 at 04:37

S.A.S said:
I just wish there was a workaround for Twitch, 11.99 is joke for ad-free viewing on there.

Ublock origin blocks 99.99% twitch ads for me on my pc, if you are looking for a desktop option

T1Cybernetic · 27 Aug 2023 at 06:58

Raymond Lin said:
Doesn’t matter, just go to Ukraine.

Cheers. Will that work with a regular UK Barclays debit card? I signed up for revolut just now So I have options but I'd prefer my old trusty bank account.

Samueltastic · 27 Aug 2023 at 09:11

Not sure if it's been mentioned but for smart tvs just use SmartTube even skips the in video sponsors and intros most times.

Deluxe1 · 27 Aug 2023 at 10:30

T1Cybernetic said:
I've just been kicked off my Indian plan after about 3 years

My bank cards are both being declined (Barclays and Halifax) I'm just not sure yet what to do and I don't yet have a Revolut or Starling or anything like that. Which one is best do you think?

Asked me to update mine and I used my 1st Direct CC and it went through no issues.

jon86 · 27 Aug 2023 at 12:55

Samueltastic said:
Not sure if it's been mentioned but for smart tvs just use SmartTube even skips the in video sponsors and intros most times.

Caveat being that not all Smart TVs support sideloading apps like SmartTube.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/sbkxo7/looking_for_a_tv_that_lets_me_use_smarttubenext/hu0fb2e said:
LG uses webOS, it's not compatible with Android apps. The same with Samsung and their Tizen OS. Fire TV Stick uses Fire OS, Amazon's fork of Android and hence is compatible with Android apps. Nvidia Shield runs Android TV and is fully compatible. Ideally you want to make sure the product description states it runs Android TV or Google TV.

I have an LG TV and pay for YouTube Premium.

Samueltastic · 27 Aug 2023 at 12:57

jon86 said:
Caveat being that not all Smart TVs support sideloading apps like SmartTube.

I have an LG TV and pay for YouTube Premium.

That's true didn't even cross my mind that mine has android

malachi · 28 Aug 2023 at 06:06

T1Cybernetic said:
I've just been kicked off my Indian plan after about 3 years

My bank cards are both being declined (Barclays and Halifax) I'm just not sure yet what to do and I don't yet have a Revolut or Starling or anything like that. Which one is best do you think?

Had the same, been failing since Friday until it paused yesterday. Used my Revolut virtual card, problem solved. Still in India

Chuk_Chuk · 29 Aug 2023 at 11:16

Noticed on three occasions today, ads (inital ad when you click on the video) kind of getting through ublock origin on firefox. There is sound but no video. Refreshing fixes this. Never had this happen on PC before. The end might be nigh. I may need to move to indian or Ukraine like some of you.

T1Cybernetic · 29 Aug 2023 at 15:00

malachi said:
Had the same, been failing since Friday until it paused yesterday. Used my Revolut virtual card, problem solved. Still in India

Just tested a Revolut virtual card and the regular one but it's still a no go for me

Mine is for a family plan and a few people around the web have reported individual accounts working but not family plans so maybe that could be the problem with mine, I'm not really sure

I haven't had a chance to test out some other countries just yet but I'll give it a go later and report back!

Richie · 18 Sep 2023 at 19:30

Am.i doing something wrong?

Tried Argentina and Ukraine on NordVPN and it comes back either with UK pricing or says "can't verify country"

Any tips for a nublet?

malachi · 20 Sep 2023 at 08:38

Richie said:
Am.i doing something wrong?

Tried Argentina and Ukraine on NordVPN and it comes back either with UK pricing or says "can't verify country"

Any tips for a nublet?

If Nord has the double encryption. Cant remember what it was called. Enable that option and try again.

A2Z · 20 Sep 2023 at 13:28

Richie said:
Am.i doing something wrong?

Tried Argentina and Ukraine on NordVPN and it comes back either with UK pricing or says "can't verify country"

Any tips for a nublet?

Most likely the IP the VPN is using is already blocked. Nord is a trash VPN, try a different one.

Richie · 20 Sep 2023 at 13:29

A2Z said:
Most likely the IP the VPN is using is already blocked. Nord is a trash VPN, try a different one.

Trash how? What other ones are better?

malachi · 20 Sep 2023 at 13:42

Richie said:
Trash how? What other ones are better?

I dumped Nord for Proton last year. https://protonvpn.com/

Junglist · 20 Sep 2023 at 13:50

malachi said:
I dumped Nord for Proton last year. https://protonvpn.com/

Interesting. My 3 years of Nord are about to run out in November so this may come in handy if it's as fast? Oh I just clicked it's the same Proton that do ProtonMail. Nice.

malachi · 20 Sep 2023 at 14:12

Junglist said:
Interesting. My 3 years of Nord are about to run out in November so this may come in handy if it's as fast? Oh I just clicked it's the same Proton that do ProtonMail. Nice.

Yep, no problems with it. Find it better than Nord due to more servers, like in India.

Martynt74 · 20 Sep 2023 at 14:15

Following on from my previous posts where i keep crying about not being able to setup the Ukraine account. Any chance someone would be willing to give it a go on my behalf just to rule it out being me?

I can set up a virtual card for it, so happy sharing the info

Smeghead · 20 Sep 2023 at 14:21

Richie said:
Am.i doing something wrong?

Tried Argentina and Ukraine on NordVPN and it comes back either with UK pricing or says "can't verify country"

Any tips for a nublet?

I'm fairly certain I had the same thing when I tried too. The instructions said to just try again at a later time. I checked back after a couple of hours, but it ended up being the following day before it worked, but it did eventually.