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Re:VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits by varenc on Saturday December 13, 2025 @10:49PM (#46260608)
Lots of people already have Apple TVs and the Tailscale integration is pretty good and can serve as an always online exit node. So no new hardware required. Could even remotely walk a non-techie through the process without too much effort.

personally, I've just upgraded my family's wifi to Ubiquiti and can then use Tailscale Wireguard running on the gateway as a proxy! (with their permission)

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Re:VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits by Semaphor on Sunday December 14, 2025 @02:55AM (#46261496)
Is it that common outside the us? I know of exactly one family here in Germany having Apple TV.
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Re:VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits by dontlaugh on Sunday December 14, 2025 @03:02AM (#46261523)
It is in the UK, but I don’t think it is on the continent.
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Re:VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits by devilbunny on Sunday December 14, 2025 @07:13AM (#46262519)
They’re not insanely common even in the US, since Roku and Android sticks are cheaper and I don’t live in a wealthy area, but they’re not hard to get or unheard of.

The distinction between AppleTV, the hardware, and Apple TV+, the streaming service, was lost on many. Now that they are “Apple TV 4K” hardware and “Apple TV” service, it’s even harder to convey the correct meaning.

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Re:VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits by folmar on Sunday December 14, 2025 @07:22AM (#46262557)
I've never seen one in Poland.
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Re:VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits by chneu on Sunday December 14, 2025 @11:01AM (#46263998)
The only folks using Apple TV in 2026 are like 60+ yrs old.

I've literally not seen one in anyone's home for probably 5+ years. And even then nobody used them.

Apple TV was one of those products that relatively few people bought but they were loud about buying it, so it seemed more popular than it was. Then other services like Roku($20) quickly replaced it.

I'm in the USA.

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Re:VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits by standyro on Sunday December 14, 2025 @06:41PM (#46268389)
Roku became adware and most of my friends/family switched to AppleTV
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