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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: 2) by bzipitidoo on Saturday April 11 2020, @06:35PM (1 child)
Forced to have Netflix? Yes.
The wife forces me to keep Netflix. She's afraid that on the mere accusation of piracy, we will be sued for everything we have and thrown in jail. She's afraid of a whole lot of things of that sort. The streets are just swarming, swarming I tell you, with criminals and rapists and murderers and berserkers. Yes, I know a lot of it is a bunch of melodrama she uses as a pretext to have her way on various matters of importance to her. Also, she does use Netflix, and I must admit it's useful for keeping the kids entertained. And, since they do have much Star Trek, I sometimes watch.
Nothing is forcing her to keep Netflix.
Anyway, there are other ways to fight. Boycott is good, but it takes a lot of cooperation to make that work. Some lawyer ought to bring a class action lawsuit against the content cartels over region schemes, get them pronounced anti-competitive and illegal. Maybe NewYorkCountryLawyer could do it.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday April 11 2020, @10:37PM
There's an audit trail with Netflix. And if she catches you watching a romantic comedy while she wasn't around, then she's gonna rip your balls off.
Never believe what women say at face-value. They are control-freaks, and what she likes most about Netflix is the audit trail rather than the copyright legitimacy. The audit-trail is well-worth the price.