The right to access Netflix is not easy
Thanks recently deployed personal V2Ray proxy service, I would spend more time to explore network service beyond China GFW. The direct change according to personal time recording was I watched more YouTube video, and to some extent YouTube was no more enough for me, I needed a better quality video content platform.
The default choice is Netflix. There is a high quality comprehensive Netflix account setup tutorial article posted on “Digital immigrant” website for Chinese netizen. I only record my personal experience in the following.
I have registered a Singapore area account. Domestic Visa credit card is ok for the purchase process and don’t need a Singapore Mobile number to identity verification. Accessing through a personal Hongkong proxy node, Netflix remind me error message every time, fortunately accessing throng a Japan proxy node is flawless. The monthly fee for 1080P streaming is SGD13.98(RMB 70), there is a 720P quality and mobile limited plan only cost SGD8.98 (RMB 45).
After the registered account and accessible network proxy, the next thing is I would watch video on my iPad. Netflix haven’t release their iOS APP on Chinese APP Store and I always regret for not have migrated my Apple ID to other region. Current App Store have brought me lots of inconvenient and now is the time for change.
I first confirmed iOS will keep downloaded Apps even after you switched to a new Apple ID.
You can get a new Apple ID by accessing appleid. apple.com. When I login the new ID on my iPad, the process is not smooth. Maybe I should blame the GFW, maybe the region policy of Apple Inc. After many times of trial and error, I finally login my iPad using the new Apple ID. Here is some tip: 1. Disable the location service. 2. Using global proxy as soon as the WIFI network connected. 3. No credit card needed, but you needed a US mobile number.
I purchased a virtual mobile number for the process, but there was no SMS verification sent me by Apple.
The content library and experience both up to my expectation. And there is high quality English subtitle existed for almost every title! I was so exciting, marked more than dozens of movies and TV series to my list.
I was never a Korea TV serials fans. To my surprise, the first TV serial I watch on Netflix is a Korea one. “Crash Landing on You”, my wife enjoy leading actors and their style. I like many satire scenes in the play and they attack both the money worship in South Korea and the bureaucracy in North Kore