Netflix has stepped up its efforts to ban VPN and proxy users from bypassing geographical restrictions. The streaming service is now blocking residential IP addresses too, since some unblocking tools use these to bypass restrictions. This isn't without collateral damage as many regular Internet user...
For about the same price of a fancy VPN subscription you can get your own VPS.
I personally go with cheapo vpn and sing seafaring bandit songs with shots of rum if there's something on Netflix, Amazon prime, whatever, that catches me eye.
Just have a friend in another country dead drop a pi somewhere with public internet and install wire guard on it. Then you do the same for them