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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @05:04PM (1 child)
Except that they lower the price for markets with low income. Some money is better than no money. Yes, it might hurt your feelings a bit, but you can use those dollar bills you get payed with to wipe 'em off. Unlike us here with local currency that falls dozens % per year as soon as someone sneeze nearby.
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Tuesday April 14 2020, @12:48PM
The original reason for DVD regions was that American movies tended to be shown in America about a year before they were shown in Europe.
In the interim, they had time to do things like dubbing and subtitling. At least that was part of the official story.
In fact, they were also using that year to do market analysis in America so that they could adjust their advertising to the perceived cultural differences between America and the rest of the world.
When I was last in Holland about 20 years ago, no one there would buy a DVD player that hadn't been "chipped"; i.e., had the region restrictions removed.
-- hendrik