My workaround stopped working. Just dropped in the middle of one of the games the other day, couldn't get it back up and running. I've been doing this for 3+ years now so it's been tiresome. It'll work great for a few weeks at a time and then give me fits for days. I watched the opening Sox series perfectly, each game after has had some issues.
I think the thing I liked most about it is that I was, in a very small way, sticking it to the man. "**** you and your stupid blackout rules," is what I'd say to myself when I was fumbling around with my VPN, restarting my Amazon Firestick for the 10th+ time, and typing my password into the MLB.tv app AGAIN. "**** you and your blackout rules, I'm watching my team where I want, when I want."
Except I wasn't when my workaround decided to fail me. So last week I bit the bullet, said screw it and decided to get the AT&T's streaming package. I was already paying 65 bucks a month for YouTubeTV so I cancelled that, figuring 20 bucks a month extra to watch my team hassle free was worth it.
And....it is. It's very refreshing to be able to turn on the TV, load an app that works and turn the game on right away and not have to wonder if the VPN will work this time. After 3+ years of a workaround that could be incredibly frustrating, it's nice to have something that's easy.