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> but looking at what is available for purchase here in Switzerland can you explain what you mean by that for those not familiar with switzerland?

by exit 15y ago

tripzilch 15y ago
Some exclusive video content about imitation cuckoo clocks, knock-off Swiss army knives and synthetic polyester lederhosen is blocked in Switzerland, because it can generate dangerous increases in blood pressure, especially among the elderly living at higher altitudes.
Gmo 15y ago
I'm not in Switzerland but I'm a Frenchman in the Netherlands, and I believe the situation is the same. Basically, there is plenty of content with geographic limitations. Something that might be less visible from the US but that can be pretty annoying once outside. And that's without counting missing services such as Hulu or Netflix, for the same reasons.
- radicalbyte 15y ago
  Yeah, I've got the same experiences in both Netherlands and the UK (I'm an Englishman living in the Netherlands, and working for a French multinational - just up the road in Ede). Sure, we can use VPNs to access Hulu or BBC iPlayer, but that's an extra expense and adds an extra layer of complexity to it. Take, for example, my BoxeeBox: it works great for local files, but it misses all of the cool streaming features that American users can enjoy.
pilif 15y ago
Most of what people take for granted in the US is not available in Europe. Here in Switzerland, the only way to reliably and legally get a Movie in its original language is buying a physical DVD or BluRay. There are no TV shows in iTunes, we have no iTunes Match, there are only localized movies in iTunes; until very recently, there were only Gutenberg books in iBooks. Until last week, there was no Spotify (or any other legal music streaming service). There's no Netflix, no Hulu and TV stations are showing episodes of TV series that aired around three years earlier in the US. Aside of iTunes, there's no legal video on demand service. Heck, I can't even buy most of the audiobooks I want on Audible or anywhere else. They still want me to buy them on CDs (and I will not buy 48 hours of Peter F. Hamilton on CDs and then rip them myself). And then they wonder why people pirate content :/

> but looking at what is available for purchase here in Switzerland can you explain what you mean by that for those not familiar with switzerland?

by exit 15y ago

> but looking at what is available for purchase here in Switzerland can you explain what you mean by that for those not familiar with switzerland?

tripzilch 15y ago

Some exclusive video content about imitation cuckoo clocks, knock-off Swiss army knives and synthetic polyester lederhosen is blocked in Switzerland, because it can generate dangerous increases in blood pressure, especially among the elderly living at higher altitudes.

Gmo 15y ago

I'm not in Switzerland but I'm a Frenchman in the Netherlands, and I believe the situation is the same. Basically, there is plenty of content with geographic limitations. Something that might be less visible from the US but that can be pretty annoying once outside. And that's without counting missing services such as Hulu or Netflix, for the same reasons.

radicalbyte 15y ago
Yeah, I've got the same experiences in both Netherlands and the UK (I'm an Englishman living in the Netherlands, and working for a French multinational - just up the road in Ede). Sure, we can use VPNs to access Hulu or BBC iPlayer, but that's an extra expense and adds an extra layer of complexity to it. Take, for example, my BoxeeBox: it works great for local files, but it misses all of the cool streaming features that American users can enjoy.

pilif 15y ago

Most of what people take for granted in the US is not available in Europe. Here in Switzerland, the only way to reliably and legally get a Movie in its original language is buying a physical DVD or BluRay. There are no TV shows in iTunes, we have no iTunes Match, there are only localized movies in iTunes; until very recently, there were only Gutenberg books in iBooks. Until last week, there was no Spotify (or any other legal music streaming service). There's no Netflix, no Hulu and TV stations are showing episodes of TV series that aired around three years earlier in the US. Aside of iTunes, there's no legal video on demand service. Heck, I can't even buy most of the audiobooks I want on Audible or anywhere else. They still want me to buy them on CDs (and I will not buy 48 hours of Peter F. Hamilton on CDs and then rip them myself). And then they wonder why people pirate content :/