I’ve seen the pricing of popular VPN services and I thought it would probably be better to rent a server and use it as a VPN. I do not care about privacy I just want to watch content from other countries (Netflix for example).
I’m far from an expert on this topic, but do you think it’s possible?
I’d suggest Hetzner for a VPS to use with wireguard VPN
Pretty sure that a quality VPN will end up costing less than an AWS server and it’s overhead. I know my VPN is only 5Euros/month and they have 762 servers in 38 countries… and it’s pretty rare for me to get blocked on a site.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ijfqfLrJWLUVBfJZ_YalVpstWsjw-JGzkvMd6u2jqEk/edit?usp=sharing
I found this (I think on this sub).
It won’t be very cost effective. Better to find a budget VPS provider that offers “unlimited” bandwidth. The bandwidth may be crappy/bursty/jittery, but it will be a lot cheaper than the egress bandwidth fees you will pay to AWS.
Probably not cost effective. One AWS server = one gateway.
VPNs are pretty cheap if you buy a 1-2 year package.
If need any Korean IP for example to watch Netflix Korea, DasanVPN is the best.
I’ve personally done this, and yes you can do it. As others have said, it can easily end up costing you more than a commercial VPN - that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it, just something to weigh up.
The AWS IP ranges are detected by some web services and that will create problems. Twitter for example does this, and some streaming services (but not Netflix to my knowledge). That’s the biggest issue I am facing with my setup.