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Since early 2020 Netflix has cracked down on VPN users by disconnecting sessions at random and terminating SSL connections to their main website. This action is to due to content distributors pressuring Netflix to prevent users from accessing content outside of their geographical zone as they believe this is costing them in terms of profit. The end result is that users who always use a VPN to access the internet are cut from Netflix as collateral damage even if their account is registered in the same country where they connect to a VPN for. While some VPN providers have given up, NordVPN and a few others are battling on to provide their users with peace of mind while accessing services on the internet.
Can I get my money back because Netflix is not delivering the service I paid for?
(Score: 5, Interesting) by zocalo on Saturday April 11 2020, @03:15PM
Given that a) those who "force" them to do stuff also provide them with a lot of their content, without which they wouldn't have as many (any?) paying customers. Customers that, are either b) not be in clued in to using a VPN and/or c) will just accept having to wait for some shows to get the ones they can have now, I think I can guess which way this is going to go.
Sure, blocking VPNs is going to cost them some customers, but I suspect Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, et al, are all seeing a large uptick in new customers on the back of the lockdowns, most of which probably won't cancel out of apathy once this is over, so in net terms I suspect it's all gravy for them. Besides, the real culprits here are the clueless rent seekers at the studios and distributors who are insisting on this kind of asshattery *right* *now* rather than getting the positive PR of publically waiving the restrictions for the duration of the outbreak, then hitting the streaming services up for higher fees due to increased viewership in the next round of negotiations.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!