Netflix Begins Blocking Users Who Bypass Region Locks

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"Netflix can only stream the videos that studios make available in a given country, which has led to a booming business in workarounds (such as proxies and virtual private networks) that let you see the company's catalogs in other nations. Heck, one New Zealand internet provider practically built a service around it. However, you might not get to count on that unofficial solution for much longer. VPN operators claim to TorrentFreak that Netflix recently started blocking some users who use these technological loopholes to watch videos that would normally be verboten. The effort isn't widespread and mostly appears to focus on connections with many simultaneous Netflix sign-ins (that is, they're obviously being used for circumvention), but it's a surprise to viewers who were used to having unfettered access."
 

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offer a "worldwide" option for those who want it and stop the bullshyt. Many will be willing to pay the extra fees.
Netflix has deals in place with studios that I'm sure don't want people in the US doing this, nor do they want Netflix to give people the option to do it either

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What kind of programming do the international users get? Sometimes the US selection kind of sucks. I don't think they get the newer movies first, or rarely do. Thought I saw someone say the saw fresh Prince on netflix. Must not be in U.S..
 

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I never understood why companies don't allow this kinda shyt. Blocking users is counter-productive to profit.
 
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What kind of programming do the international users get? Sometimes the US selection kind of sucks. I don't think they get the newer movies first, or rarely do. Thought I saw someone say the saw fresh Prince on netflix. Must not be in U.S..
They just got different programming period. Some local shows. Some american stuff that used to be on american netflix but got removed.
 

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I never understood why companies don't allow this kinda shyt when it's counter-productive to profit.
I'm willing to bet most of the people affected by this will just resort to illegal streaming sites and torrents rather then going and paying for the movie or show on dvd which might not even be an option for them.
 
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