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This assumes you are in a region Hollywood approves of. And even then often not all languages are available. Some movies even become available much later than i

This assumes you are in a region Hollywood approves of. And even then often not all languages are available. Some movies even become available much later than in the US for example. So far piracy is still more convenient and accessible even if I am willing to pay for movies and TV shows. Good thing it's legal in my country.

Semaphor 8y ago
I remember spending 2 hours trying to buy a new TV show in Germany but in English (so on Amazon.com and not .de). VPN, fake US address, virtual gift card sent from one account to another. Nothing worked. In the end, I pirated the show.
- chrisper 8y ago
  Yes. That's exactly my issue. Often they also only have English in Stereo.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  Localization issues are one of those things that cross the border of insanity. Yes, dear distributors, I understand that you want to make moniez by translating movies to local languages. But in every country, a good chunk of population can speak English, and many of us actually prefer to watch in English. That chunk of population usually also has money to spare, so why won't you let us pay you and watch the original material?
- Zekio 8y ago
  Baked in subtitles that you can't turn off, drives me damn near insane.
- MRD85 8y ago
  It hasn't been an issue for me in the past couple of years but I recall, in the not-to-distant past, that I often had to pirate things that were unavailable to me. I'd attempt legal ways of purchasing but they would fail and I would have to resort to piracy. I feel that content creators have become a whole lot better at making content available than they were 5 years ago.
  - Semaphor 8y ago
    Regarding buying, "The Gifted" is not available at Amazon.de but is at Amazon.com. And that's without the problem of often not available English subtitles even when English audio is available. On Netflix Germany (the only Netflix I can get since they banned VPNs) I can't watch most animes in Japanese with English subtitles. On Prime Video from Amazon.de, they often don't bother to even license the OV audio at all.
    - IronBacon 8y ago
      The Netflix web player can use external subtitles provided by the user, on the other hand, if you aren't using the right combination of browser and platform, you are restricted to 720p. So, yeah, not really a solution...

Semaphor 8y ago

I remember spending 2 hours trying to buy a new TV show in Germany but in English (so on Amazon.com and not .de). VPN, fake US address, virtual gift card sent from one account to another. Nothing worked. In the end, I pirated the show.

chrisper 8y ago
Yes. That's exactly my issue. Often they also only have English in Stereo.
TeMPOraL 8y ago
Localization issues are one of those things that cross the border of insanity. Yes, dear distributors, I understand that you want to make moniez by translating movies to local languages. But in every country, a good chunk of population can speak English, and many of us actually prefer to watch in English. That chunk of population usually also has money to spare, so why won't you let us pay you and watch the original material?
Zekio 8y ago
Baked in subtitles that you can't turn off, drives me damn near insane.
MRD85 8y ago
It hasn't been an issue for me in the past couple of years but I recall, in the not-to-distant past, that I often had to pirate things that were unavailable to me. I'd attempt legal ways of purchasing but they would fail and I would have to resort to piracy. I feel that content creators have become a whole lot better at making content available than they were 5 years ago.
- Semaphor 8y ago
  Regarding buying, "The Gifted" is not available at Amazon.de but is at Amazon.com. And that's without the problem of often not available English subtitles even when English audio is available. On Netflix Germany (the only Netflix I can get since they banned VPNs) I can't watch most animes in Japanese with English subtitles. On Prime Video from Amazon.de, they often don't bother to even license the OV audio at all.
  - IronBacon 8y ago
    The Netflix web player can use external subtitles provided by the user, on the other hand, if you aren't using the right combination of browser and platform, you are restricted to 720p. So, yeah, not really a solution...