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There have been a few instances of this sort of "malicious compliance" that I've noticed, the biggest of which has been Pandora: If you're not in the US, you ha
by Spoom 12y ago
There have been a few instances of this sort of "malicious compliance" that I've noticed, the biggest of which has been Pandora: If you're not in the US, you have to convince their website that you are in order to play music (due to licensing restrictions). However, last I checked, the audio servers have no such restrictions, so you can still stream directly from them rather than having to push that through a proxy as well.
- lstamour 12y agoYep, most country restrictions seem to work that way. The worst though is billing -- e.g. having to have a credit card from that country -- or auto-updating DRM. In both of those cases, it's not impossible but it raises the bar quite a bit. That said, even in billing scenarios, people seem okay with lying about your address, so long as parts of it match and the card can still be billed. E.g. if out of the US and it asks for a US zip code, just use the numbers from your postal code.