A new dvd/blueray drive for a PC needs to have it’s region set the first time it encounters a region locked disk. I believe most can be reset a maximum of 5 times before it locks.
Build yourself a “Media Player PC” and set the region to US.
Or sail the high seas like they seem to want you force you to.
I have just discovered, sadly, that duckduck does not do voice recognition for searching.
I am sad and don’t know if I can adapt.