Apple TV To Support VPN Apps On tvOS 17 15
Along with FaceTime support and a redesigned Control Center, Apple is adding support for VPN apps in tvOS 17. MacRumors reports: VPN apps could allow for Apple TV users to watch geo-restricted content from any location, such as the U.S. version of Netflix in another country. In its tvOS 17 press release, however, Apple focused on how the VPN apps can benefit enterprise and education users, so it is possible that Apple could restrict usage of the apps.
Apple: "Third-party VPN support, which enables developers to create VPN apps for Apple TV. This can benefit enterprise and education users wanting to access content on their private networks, allowing Apple TV to be a great office and conference room solution in even more places."
Apple: "Third-party VPN support, which enables developers to create VPN apps for Apple TV. This can benefit enterprise and education users wanting to access content on their private networks, allowing Apple TV to be a great office and conference room solution in even more places."
That'll save me a step (Score:2)
Right now I have to invoke Express VPN on my phone, call up MLB.tv, then Airplay it to my Apple TV.
Although the way things are going, there's a decent chance MLB may dump it's ridiculous regional market restrictions in the near future. It recently took over broadcasts from the heading-into-bankruptcy San Diego Regional Sports Network (RSN) - and it's not geo-restricting those at all. A lot of the RSNs are in financial trouble.
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Which is kinda dumb, since if you're logged into the MLB app, they know who you are anyway, and I doubt anyone in between gives a shit that you're watching baseball.
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Yeah I really think MLB itself only cares about the blackout regions in a wink wink nudge nudge sort of way. But such a large chunk of their income is dependent on cable TV / regional sport networks, they feel they have to at least do the minimum to enforce them.
It's doubly dumb because a lot of cord-cutters - myself included - would happily pay the equivalent of the cable carriage fee (which is typically a bit under $10/month) on top of the cost of MLB.tv just to watch the local games without these shenani
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This problem is easily and cheaply solved by just checking the scores after games are over (;
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I really think MLB itself only cares about the blackout regions in a wink wink nudge nudge sort of way. But such a large chunk of their income is dependent on cable TV / regional sport networks, they feel they have to at least do the minimum to enforce them.
No, I think your understanding of it is entirely backwards. You think we don't want to broadcast the game? We're the ones who get all the calls from the subscribers about "the game is supposed to be on ___ channel right now and all I'm getting is a black screen (or some alternate programming)!" -- which doesn't match the on-screen guide, which is sourced from a nationwide third-party company that is using the same guide info for standard cable networks on all lineups. The fact a cable company is only a dist
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It's doubly dumb because a lot of cord-cutters - myself included - would happily pay the equivalent of the cable carriage fee (which is typically a bit under $10/month) on top of the cost of MLB.tv just to watch the local games without these shenanigans
The DTC model is coming to all sports, but most sports simply do not have a (good) plan as to how to replace the existing reliable RSN revenue stream, and the cost, per customer, for the local teams, is likely to be in the range of $20-30/mo which will mean fewer customers are going to be willing to pay (so a potential pricing death spiral). For those that want to watch sports, they are going to have to start paying the costs without being subsidized by non-sports watchers, and while fairer, is going to ge
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For those that want to watch sports, they are going to have to start paying the costs without being subsidized by non-sports watchers, and while fairer, is going to generate some sticker shock.
That may be, and if that's the real cost of providing that single service - that's fine. It's still more reasonable than paying the RSN fee plus a small per channel cost for 40-50 channels in the currently-required bundle that I don't care about.
I dumped that particular cable tier five or six years ago... and my cable bill dropped by $70/month. Of course a couple years later I dropped cable TV completely, and that saved me another $40/month I think (but I bumped up my internet speed at the same time, which
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Right now I have to invoke Express VPN on my phone, call up MLB.tv, then Airplay it to my Apple TV.
If you've got a Rasberry Pi, you can set it up as an ExpressVPN Gateway [github.com] and traffic from any device will flow through the VPN, without the device itself needing any config of that nature. You can do the same on an x86 computer or VM if you don't have a SBC camping out.
If you've got a router that can do multiple VLANs, set up the Pi on a second VLAN, and set the DHCP server to point to the Pi as a default gateway, and set up a second Wi-Fi network to live in that VLAN. I did this recently with a client who l
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In that same boat. I signed up for the MIB app to follow my favorite team only to find out all their games are considered "in market games." If you sign up for MLB you know what that bullshit means. I could watch it over the VPN from my computer but not from my Shield even over a VPN. Turns out the location services on my computer are disabled. Gee, wonder how that happened.
My first plan of attack was to just follow down your footsteps and use google chromecast to watch the game. Nope, that di
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Rising Tide (Score:2)
This is great - too many sites block VPN ASIN'S and some of them won't want to lose Apple customers.
Fortunately we still have options for most of them and the non-tracking sites profit more.
What about the GPS? (Score:1)
AppleTV comes with a GPS chip. Some apps refuse to run if you don't enable location services.