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Austrian here. We suffer from a severely restricted library on Netflix, but there is a loophole: If you connect via a VPN in another country (e.g. US, Switzerla

by manmal 12y ago

Austrian here. We suffer from a severely restricted library on Netflix, but there is a loophole: If you connect via a VPN in another country (e.g. US, Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany,..), you can view the country's respective content. Very clever of them :)

andreiv 12y ago
There aren't that many titles though... I don't know how short the list in Austria is, but I wouldn't call the list of shows available in Germany satisfactory. Diverse, yes. I hope they're going to make more shows available.
theflagbug 12y ago
Also Austrian. Other way around works too, I had a Netflix account before, that I accessed via a VPN, now I also have access to the Austrian Netflix library while paying less (it's cheaper in the US)
- andreiv 12y ago
  I personally don't mind paying a couple of euros more, but I find the available selection unsatisfactory.
  - kissickas 12y ago
    I'm not sure how it compares, but this is a common complaint in the US as well. I assume it's huge compared to the Austrian library, but people usually complain that streaming only has the things people don't want to watch - hence the huge uproar when they doubled the price on mail+streaming.
fringebook 12y ago
In Germany and Switzerland (not sure about Austria) it's legal to download (not legal to upload): - http://thepiratebay.se/ http://thepiratebay.se/ - Or, if above is blocked: http://194.71.107.80/ http://194.71.107.80/
- heinrich5991 12y ago
  If you're torrenting you're likely uploading too…
  - lutoma 12y ago
    Eh, just use put.io or something. I have yet to find a legal service that is as convenient (built-in conversion to other formats, streaming to Chromecast, subtitles etc.) and has as big of a selection. It's not like I'm not willing to pay (put.io costs money as well).
- luastoned 12y ago
  Austria has similar laws, downloading for personal use is legal.
- Kurtz79 12y ago
  Regardless whether is legal or not (I guess not), I´m sure is fairly common in the US as well. The strength of Netflix (and Spotify, Steam...) is that they offer a service that is more convenient, and offers more value, than just downloading the torrent, at least for a large number of users. I hope they are successful in Europe as well, although the limited library will surely be a problem.
Quequau 12y ago
Did you run into any trouble with payment? I tried and was unable to use my credit because of some security restriction configuration. As I have never changed anything in that regard, I concluded that this must be a default setting.

by manmal 12y ago

andreiv 12y ago

There aren't that many titles though... I don't know how short the list in Austria is, but I wouldn't call the list of shows available in Germany satisfactory. Diverse, yes. I hope they're going to make more shows available.

theflagbug 12y ago

Also Austrian. Other way around works too, I had a Netflix account before, that I accessed via a VPN, now I also have access to the Austrian Netflix library while paying less (it's cheaper in the US)

andreiv 12y ago
I personally don't mind paying a couple of euros more, but I find the available selection unsatisfactory.
- kissickas 12y ago
  I'm not sure how it compares, but this is a common complaint in the US as well. I assume it's huge compared to the Austrian library, but people usually complain that streaming only has the things people don't want to watch - hence the huge uproar when they doubled the price on mail+streaming.

fringebook 12y ago

In Germany and Switzerland (not sure about Austria) it's legal to download (not legal to upload): - http://thepiratebay.se/ http://thepiratebay.se/ - Or, if above is blocked: http://194.71.107.80/ http://194.71.107.80/

heinrich5991 12y ago
If you're torrenting you're likely uploading too…
- lutoma 12y ago
  Eh, just use put.io or something. I have yet to find a legal service that is as convenient (built-in conversion to other formats, streaming to Chromecast, subtitles etc.) and has as big of a selection. It's not like I'm not willing to pay (put.io costs money as well).
luastoned 12y ago
Austria has similar laws, downloading for personal use is legal.
Kurtz79 12y ago
Regardless whether is legal or not (I guess not), I´m sure is fairly common in the US as well. The strength of Netflix (and Spotify, Steam...) is that they offer a service that is more convenient, and offers more value, than just downloading the torrent, at least for a large number of users. I hope they are successful in Europe as well, although the limited library will surely be a problem.

Quequau 12y ago

Did you run into any trouble with payment? I tried and was unable to use my credit because of some security restriction configuration. As I have never changed anything in that regard, I concluded that this must be a default setting.