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Hasn't Netflix always been region locked? Pretty sure people using VPNs just for Netflix is a thing.
by hermitdev 3y ago
Hasn't Netflix always been region locked? Pretty sure people using VPNs just for Netflix is a thing.
- mholm 3y agoContent has always been region locked, but accounts could travel freely between regions. This allowed users in the USA to access media available in any country from a VPN, for instance.
- medellin 3y agoRegion lock is one thing. When traveling i was fine watching whatever i was restricted to in that country. Now my account is completely worthless outside the US.
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- AlchemistCamp 3y agoNo. I signed up for my account in Taiwan and have also used it in Thailand, Vietnam, Japan and the US. I canceled a few years back and went to Amazon Prime, but they recently gutted their selection if you’re outside the US, so I was considering getting Netflix again.
- stefan_ 3y agoThe streaming service that is now majority self produced content has to have region lock? To everything? The story was always "evil Disney licensing is forcing us" but I guess they lived long enough to turn into Disney.
- charcircuit 3y agoIt's not just Disney. Many companies license their work to different companies to broadcast in different countries. And this licensing scheme continued on into the streaming era.