Shudder blocking logins on VPN

[ScarletEmerald 0]

Login to the Shudder streaming site https://www.shudder.com now seems to be blocking AirVPN. The site itself loads fine and the Rout Checking tool shows this is true from most servers, but when I try to login to my account, I get a message "Your device is connected to the Internet using a VPN or proxy service. Please disable it and try again." at least when on Dziban and maybe some others.

I guess this is some attempt to enforce geoblocking, though I would have hoped that since the site uses a paid subscription, they could infer the viewer's location from their billing address and not worry if the user is coming through a VPN. Oh well...

[Tech Jedi Alex 1556]

5 hours ago, ScarletEmerald said:

I guess this is some attempt to enforce geoblocking, though I would have hoped that since the site uses a paid subscription, they could infer the viewer's location from their billing address and not worry if the user is coming through a VPN. Oh well...

This would open up quite the can of (abuse) worms, and would render georestrictions virtually useless.
Also, not all payment options provide address information – think prepaid credit cards, PaySafeCard, Western Union/Moneygram/etc.; I think even PayPal doesn't per se require an address (unless you're in certain jurisdictions like the EU -> PSD2, etc.)
So, payment is one thing, access from certain locations another; that's why money is spent on VPN discovery at access time and not smart links between payment and access