Last Updated: Aug 1, 2025 BlackVPN is a small, lesser-known provider, so I didn’t expect it to be especially powerful. It doesn’t work in China and isn’t secure enough for torrenting, but that’s not all. With a non-functioning native app, servers that don’t work, restrictive options, poor security, and slow customer service, it has a really long way to go before I’d consider it worth anyone’s money — especially since there are much more reliable and powerful VPNs with very affordable prices.
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BlackVPN Unblocks Netflix US, HBO NOW, and Disney+ (When Servers Actually Work)
Since BlackVPN’s native app didn’t work, I had to use the open-source OpenVPN client to log in and connect. While testing BlackVPN’s US Central and US East streaming servers via OpenVPN, I was able to unblock Netflix US, HBO NOW, and Disney+ except connections weren’t reliable on these 2 servers. I couldn’t get the USA West or UK streaming servers to work at all. I had no way of finding out if the UK streaming server actually unblocked BBC iPlayer or other UK-based streaming content. Since so few of the streaming servers worked, I decided to test some of the standard privacy servers and see if they could unblock anything — however, none of these would connect either!
Netflix US, HBO NOW, and Disney+: Unblocked
BlackVPN’s US Central and US East streaming servers unblocked Netflix instantly. I was able to watch The Good Place in HD with just a couple of seconds of delay at the beginning. Then I had no further lag or reductions in video quality. At the end of an episode, the next one started up instantly with no buffering pauses.
I was impressed that BlackVPN can bypass Netflix’s proxy IP error, so I also tested it with other streaming services. The 2 servers that worked with Netflix easily unblocked HBO NOW and Disney+ as well. After just about 2 seconds of buffering when I started watching Aladdin in HD, I never got any lag during the rest of the stream.
