I thought you just needed “a DNS blocker ffs”

I take it you never heard of hard coded IP adresses and DoH/DoT.

Sadly not a magic fix

Q: But I need to share with family who aren’t technical A: IINA (Mac) or mpv.net (Windows) give them a normal GUI that uses MPV underneath. Or just… teach them? play movie.mkv isn’t rocket science.

LoL . You’re completely out of touch with reality