As much as this looks like a result of Netflix attempting to cover their asses with content licensing, the story going around is that this is actually a result

As much as this looks like a result of Netflix attempting to cover their asses with content licensing, the story going around is that this is actually a result of Netflix's freedom and responsibility doctrine. Apparently some asshole engineer internally said he'd be willing to build a proxy blocker, but only if he could do it right.