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

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 Phoenix666 on Sunday April 12 2020, @03:59AM (2 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Sunday April 12 2020, @03:59AM (#981419) Journal

    It's possible that the Time of Passive Entertainment might be passing. I'm reading a lot of the sentiment here and comparing it with the experience in our home, and there's not a lot of oomph left in the TV & movie industries.

    If VR doesn't step in to fill the gap, digital entertainment could die with our kids as they switch it all off and go outside to play.

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    Washington DC delenda est.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @08:38AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @08:38AM (#981461)

    It is sort of funny you mention that. At a recent shindig in February, I conducted a poll and most people agreed that they actually saw more kids playing outside over the past year or two than before. The reason I asked is because I had a discussion with a friend where we noted similar things. We debated why and came to the conclusion that it has to be because the kids are "on" all the time, so going outside is their only escape from the bombardment, for lack of a better word. It also allows them to burn their physical energy and get away from the repetitiveness, since a lot of entertainment options are driven by algorithms trying to extract the most money with huge advertising budgets and have started feeling identical.

    • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Tuesday April 14 2020, @12:57PM

      by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 14 2020, @12:57PM (#982563) Homepage Journal

      This "Stay Home" policy and using networking is starting to make me feel like I'm living in Solaria.

      -- hendrik

      (Asimov's The Naked Sun)