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Netflix Forced To Declare War on VPN Users

posted by janrinok on Saturday April 11 2020, @02:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the follow-the-money dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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?

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  • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Saturday April 11 2020, @07:53PM (3 children)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 11 2020, @07:53PM (#981252)
    And I disagree, rather strongly, with not being allowed to grind up flat-earthers and other conspiracy theory nutjobs for fertilizer. However neither of our opinions changes the reality of the world around us. They do have the right and the authority do limit what people can see. Wishing it not to be doesn't make it so.
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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday April 11 2020, @08:09PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 11 2020, @08:09PM (#981265) Journal

    Well, in the end, they lack the power. Pirate Bay says so, and I believe them.

    • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Saturday April 11 2020, @11:50PM

      by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 11 2020, @11:50PM (#981347)
      I’m sure that explains why nobody’s ever gone to jail or been sued for piracy. They looked at the judge and said “well the Pirate Bay said it was OK.” And judge was like “well I guess case dismissed then!”

  • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Tuesday April 14 2020, @12:40PM

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 14 2020, @12:40PM (#982548) Homepage Journal

    I do wonder sometimes how many flat-earthers really believe in a flat Earth and how many are just along for the ride because it's fun.

    Come on, do you really expect me to believe that you can understand the acceleration-gravity equivalence in general relativity and still think the Earth is flat?

    (talking about the explanation that the flat Earth is accelerating upwards at one G.)

    -- hendrik