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A friend of mine (Canadian) uses piracy sites a lot for one reason: all the content they are interested in is geofenced to USA and completely unavailable in the
by beiller 6y ago
A friend of mine (Canadian) uses piracy sites a lot for one reason: all the content they are interested in is geofenced to USA and completely unavailable in the country (Hulu)
- fimoreth 6y agoI had to do similar things while in Canada. Trying to get HBO was impossible for someone living in a dorm.
- gruez 6y ago>all the content they are interested in is geofenced to USA and completely unavailable in the country (Hulu) Like what? I saw a comment[1] a few days ago saying something to this effect, but someone replied pointing out it was available, just not in a manner that OP was satisfied with. FWIW I checked a hulu original that I recently watched, and it was available in canada under disney+. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26772054 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26772054
- xyzzy_plugh 6y agoThe hulu stuff in disney+ is super brand new. Generally there is a lot of content not accessible here.
- mekoka 6y agoI sometimes have to go through an SSH tunnel simply to access some YouTube contents.
- theluketaylor 6y agoDisney+ having Hulu content in Canada is only a month or 2 old. Being region locked out of content in Canada has been the norm for many, many years. What has been extremely common is one of the big telcos (Bell in particular) buying the Canadian rights and then either locking it to cable without a streaming option or using their own streaming options that have horrific apps and experiences. In the last year or so it has gotten a lot better, but people still have a lot of scars from getting hosed by telcos.
- mgbmtl 6y agoMy daughter's friend uses a VPN to watch Netflix (paid account, not shared), apparently for EU shows or something. She's 14 years old. (we live in Canada)