[pessimizer]

They'll obviously have better luck with them than with BBC iPlayer, for which they would need the knowledge and ability to set up a British VPN.

[dec0dedab0de]

I thought you were right at first, but with commercial VPNs constantly be advertised as a way to get around content restrictions, I wouldn't be surprised if more people understood a VPN than a torrent these days. Assuming they're willing to pay that is.

[pessimizer]

"Understood" is different from "can afford" and "has the ability to purchase," and definitely different from "will subscribe to an otherwise useless British VPN in order to watch two hours of television."

[fomine3]

Most such VPN providers have servers on multiple location. UK is very popular location so just connect to it if you already paid for VPN. I think some people already paid for VPN as I can see YouTuber's ads.

[toyg]

And lie about holding a valid UK TV license.

[davchana]

Agree. I don't want to use a free VPN, and I don't want to oay for VPN. I also want to own my copy.