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Wait-- not that I necessarily disagree with your entire point, but I have moved several times in my life and every single U.S. library system I have been part o
by brdd 10y ago
Wait-- not that I necessarily disagree with your entire point, but I have moved several times in my life and every single U.S. library system I have been part of (Houston, Boston, etc) has required some form of confirmation that I live in their taxation/service region. Some of them are nicer--we'll mail you a postcard to confirm you get mail!--but the verification is there.
So I think there is some warrant to restricting access to those who have contributed.
- studentrob 10y agoI think it has to do with cost. Most websites are not geo-blocked. It's primarily video that gets blocked. In the future I imagine geo-blocking will be less common as (1) the cost of video-capable CDNs goes down, and (2) the use of geo-targeted ads go up. Ultimately it's up to the content provider to decide how to share their content. Those who want their messages to be seen will allow them to be viewed by everyone for whom the provider can do so in a cost-efficient manner.