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[StrangeADT]

Thank god I have a vpn through my job that is based in the states. Usually these vpn thwarting technologies are nothing more than blocking ranges of ips that are known to be from vpn services. My job vpn isn't likely to make it on their radar. I just won't be able to use private Internet access on my home computers to do this anymore since my work vpn is only available on my work laptop. Oh well.

 

[Stairouais]

Guess i'm unsuscribing then.

 

[Darksol]

If you successfully beat my PIA I will unsubscribe.

 

[Loomba]

Netflix have shot themselves in the foot etc etc

Cancelling if this ever comes into effect.

 

[Syntsui]

Isn't this straight up impossible?

 

[Aiii]

I was about to post that hopefully it is just Netflix talking out their ass to try and keep the movies studios happy.

They'll half-ass it, I reckon. Just block whatever is around now and then when the services change their IP's wait half a year for another round of blocking.

Hulu actively blocks things and I have had 0 problems using it for these past years.

It's a shame that big production companies don't want my money to the point where they're trying to go out of their way to force me from paying to watch stuff, though. It's a hassle.

 

[zou]

Wouldn't that be a losing battle?

No, not really. They can just look at announcements for each ASN and block any new range that pops up. And it's not like there's many IP ranges left anyway.

Unfortunately.

 

[TheCowboyPoet]

Well, this isn't the worst thing. At one point all I did was watch American Netflix but lately I find Canadian Netflix is often just as good, if not better.

 

[Grenchel]

I thought they said this before...Like, last year? And nothing really changed.

 

[flkraven]

If I pay $5 a month for a VPN service, how in the heck are they going to stop me from viewing any country I want? Seems like posturing to keep film exects happy

 

[Darksol]

Well, this isn't the worst thing. At one point all I did was watch American Netflix but lately I find Canadian Netflix is often just as good, if not better.

No. Just...no.

 

[sleepwalkcapsules]

I wonder if they ever did a worldwide membership at something 2x or 3x sub price
would people be into that.

They can't. Netflix doesn't care at all in what ways people watch their content after they pay them. It's the external content owners that care because they have different domestic contracts for each country, and so they have to force netflix to block proxies.

 

[GK86]

They'll half-ass it, I reckon. Just block whatever is around now and then when the services change their IP's wait half a year for another round of blocking.

Hulu actively blocks things and I have had 0 problems using it for these past years.

It's a shame that big production companies don't want my money to the point where they're trying to go out of their way to force me from paying to watch stuff, though. It's a hassle.

I'm pretty sure Netflix has been "fighting" VPNers for awhile now. Just never actually took it seriously.

 

[itsbenoclock]

Bye bye, decent catalogues.

 

[Beer Monkey]

My unpopular opinion? That's completely fair, and it's also completely fair that licensing means different content is available in different countries.

I don't understand why licensing is such a difficult concept to grasp for many people.

 

[Evolved1]

But I just paid for unblockus...


lol damn.

 

[BFIB]

Nnnnnnnoooooooooo!

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Why can't Netflix just allow users to choose which region to subscribe to? Or make a premium sub which allows some flexibility, or something.

 

[Polarburr]

But I just paid for unblockus...


lol damn.

same. damnit.

 

[The Omega Man]

South America I hope you like telenovelas because that's all you're going to watch on your Netflix from now on

 

[GeoNeo]

Something had to be done to please the Disney overlords before they jump on Netflix.

 

[Hamster Plugin]

I guess that'll affect everyone that uses popular services (i.e unotelly) but it's impossible stop someone owning a random $5 VPS located in the U.S setup as their own proxy/DNS service.

So there's this user in the USA that connects to Netflix... oh he's in South Korea now. Oh now he's in Germany. Oh suddenly he's in Norway. Oh suddenly he's in South Africa.

It's not hard to notice someone switching regions all the time.

 

[The Faceless Master]

no doubt their hand was forced. the real question is how much effort they put into place. it'll take a continuous effort to actually achieve this.

 

[kiguel182]

If my DNS stops working in a couple of weeks then my Netflix subscription does to. I don't use my country's offerings because they are bad.

I love Netflix, shame this is happening.

 

[GK86]

Why can't Netflix just allow users to choose which region to subscribe to? Or make a premium sub which allows some flexibility, or something.

Movie studios: lol, no

 

[Bananajama]

Hopefully its an IP Block and not setting accounts to countries.

As otherwise it'll be an Unsub from me

 

[SuperBanana]

This fucking sucks. Australian Netflix is awful and has about 1/10th of the content America has. I ONLY use it for US netflix.

How do you even block proxies and VPN's?

 

[napalmjam]

Just install kodi

 

[Shuggananas]

I'm sure the "proxies" will figure a way to get through the wall, if not then Netflix will lose a lot of subs. And piracy will rise again.

As if piracy ever went down...

 

[kiguel182]

My unpopular opinion? That's completely fair, and it's also completely fair that licensing means different content is available in different countries.

I don't understand why licensing is such a difficult concept to grasp for many people.

Because we like in a connected world in 2016 and it makes no sense that's why.

People understand licensing, they just think it's dumb.

 

[Emperor Bohe]

So this will mess up unblock-us, right?

 

[AzureSkies]

license everything in Canada and I won't have to use a proxy to access content that nearly every other region has.

 

[TheOMan]

Bye Netflix. It was nice knowing you.

Yeah, I have a feeling this is not going to go over well with a lot of people.

 

[DarkHeartedKill]

Loool. So I know about 15 people who will no longer user Netflix. Canadian Netflix is pretty shit.

 

[Kysen]

Cancelled on Tuesday. All this change will do is drive people to piracy.

 

[SuperBanana]

If my DNS stops working in a couple of weeks then my Netflix subscription does to. I don't use my country's offerings because they are bad.

I love Netflix, shame this is happening.

They're seriously going to lose hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Almost everyone in Australia uses the US netflix. And they wonder why Australia pirates so much? We find ways to pay for the content and still get fucking shut out.

 

[Dicer]

Because we like in a connected world in 2016 and it makes no sense that's why.

People understand licensing, they just think it's dumb.

Bingo...

 

[T-Rex.]

Lol. I'm out if this happens. UK Netflix is terrible compared to the USA one so no way would I carry on subscribing.

Didn't they say the same thing last year? And then nothing happened, so I'm not too worried just yet.

 

[number11]

Not surprised. Although all their original content is still worth a subscription from me. All the other licenced movies/tv shows are just a nice bonus.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

German Netflix is at least pretty good, but there is still quite a lot of movies and series' on the US Netflix I would like to see.

At least I got to see Galaxy Quest and the Comedy Central seasons of Futurama.
It is a stupid decision, though. I know they are bound to licenses but the whole concept of licenses being tied to countries is a concept that should be dead and burried in this day and age.

 

[Aiii]

Loool. So I know about 15 people who will no longer user Netflix. Canadian Netflix is pretty shit.

Canadian Netflix is perhaps the best one.

I think this is the consensus, too.

 

[oti]

Auf Wiedersehen.

 

[kiguel182]

Also, I just paid for one year of getflix. Ugh, me and my bad life decisions.

 

[DarkHeartedKill]

Canadian Netflix is perhaps the best one.

I think this is the consensus, too.

Is it? My friends all like American Netflix way more. It might be their show/movie preference though.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

I don't see how this would actively stop anyone using an actual VPN to connect.

 

[Kraftwerk]

Curious how many subscribers they lose over this.

 

[Kapi96]

Hooray for region locking.

Can't wait for the day this horrid practice is dead and buried.

 

[kiguel182]

I'm curious to see if the friends I'm sharing the account with will keep subscribing if our DNS blockers die.

For 3,50 euros I might give them a chance but 10 euros for my regional content just isn't happening.

 

[number11]

Canadian Netflix is perhaps the best one.

I think this is the consensus, too.

Yep in terms of recent movies, Canadian Netflix is by far the best.

 

[Beer Monkey]

Why can't Netflix just allow users to choose which region to subscribe to? Or make a premium sub which allows some flexibility, or something.

The rights to distribute different content is owned by different companies in different regions. Take for example, Studio Ghibli is distributed in the USA by Disney. Conversely, some movies or shows in the USA have been licensed to other companies in other regions. When you stream Netflix from another region, the royalties do not get paid to who owns the rights in your actual region. It's very simple. It's a form of stealing content.