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Hasn't Netflix always been region locked? Pretty sure people using VPNs just for Netflix is a thing.
Region lock is one thing. When traveling i was fine watching whatever i was restricted to in that country. Now my account is completely worthless outside the US.
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But nobody complains that the grocery store didn't warn them in advance. So why does the article's headline think that price changes are supposed to be pre-announced? Netflix has done plenty of things that legitimately deserve criticism, but not pre-announcing a price change is a silly thing to judge them for. It's a clickbait headline, trying to stir up outrage where it doesn't even make sense.
Presumably the grocery store didn't have everybody's email address.
Netflix also no longer works when i travel. Went on a short trip to see some relatives in another country and my netflix account is blocked. Contacted support and they said i need to pay for a new account in that country. Netflix is really starting to lose its value for me. But I’m working on setting up a VPN at my house to tunnel all Netflix traffic through and then configure some rpis to send to family members so w…
Netflix produced content has become so irrelevant for me that whenever I want to watch something I look for thumbnails that don't have the Netflix "N" in the corner. For me it's just algorithm generated junk now, it's a shame. I wish I could cancel it but my partner wants to keep it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What are some of your partner’s favorite shows on Netflix?
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It's the go-to strategy for us as well, but I'll bet you dollars to donuts this is the next target for some sort of crackdown
You’ll have to call Netflix to cancel and they’ll just pass you around the call Center until they hang up by accident.
Nonsense. Cancelling is easy: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/407
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That’s just a reality. I tend to not binge shows. Rather I try to slot them into one of my weekly slots. Since I limit my weekly intake, I also start shows late. A typical conversation for even a new show is as along the lines of “Oh yeah, we binged the entire thing!” I’ve learned it’s not worth talking about the show to someone who’s seen it since they’re more often than not bursting wanting to talk about something…
As much as I hated having to wait for a show to come on TV I do miss the mass event that was watching Game of Thrones when it airs. Especially the last season with watch parties and stuff.
I've seen some other services copy this strategy a little bit, releasing 2 to 3 episodes at the start of the season, but then sadly dragging out the season after with single weekly episodes until the end of the season
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> But I’m working on setting up a VPN at my house to tunnel all Netflix traffic through ... On a technical point, you might be able to get away with just using Squid for the proxy, with pretty much default settings. http://www.squid-cache.org I used to use that years ago (not with Netflix though) running from a data centre, using an ssh (autossh) tunnel to reach it securely. Worked pretty well, aside from the extra l…
Before Netflix was available outside US, I had a VM somewhere in the US, with Netflix proxy (they had no issues with accepting payments from Poland). Proxy-ing web traffic was not enough and, if memory serves, I also had to set up a DNS resolver on that machine and use it. May be easier to just set up WireGuard nowadays.
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Stock going up is not the purpose of public companies. In fact you should always assume that the current price of a security considers all available information and has no reason to diverge from natural market returns.
Company exists to return capital to shareholders. In the absence of a dividend, that has to be from stock price going up. If neither happens, leadership will be changed. Efficient market hypothesis is also nonsense.
Netflix also no longer works when i travel. Went on a short trip to see some relatives in another country and my netflix account is blocked. Contacted support and they said i need to pay for a new account in that country. Netflix is really starting to lose its value for me. But I’m working on setting up a VPN at my house to tunnel all Netflix traffic through and then configure some rpis to send to family members so w…
> But I’m working on setting up a VPN at my house to tunnel all Netflix traffic through ... On a technical point, you might be able to get away with just using Squid for the proxy, with pretty much default settings. http://www.squid-cache.org I used to use that years ago (not with Netflix though) running from a data centre, using an ssh (autossh) tunnel to reach it securely. Worked pretty well, aside from the extra l…
=> You need a L4 proxy, aka VPN
Crave recently did the same thing in Canada, got rid of their $9.99 “mobile” plan, and now the $24.99 subscription is the only choice available for new subscribers. Sucks because all I want to watch is new Star Trek series, which means paying $28/month after tax to watch about 3.5 hours of content.
But the worst parts of crave seems not the pricing but that they also can’t deliver any quality. I had it for a year via a forced Telus PikTv subscription and everything looked like 480p.
I want to watch some newer HBO stuff (house of dragons) but really don’t want to use this inferior service for it.
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> But I’m working on setting up a VPN at my house to tunnel all Netflix traffic through ... On a technical point, you might be able to get away with just using Squid for the proxy, with pretty much default settings. http://www.squid-cache.org I used to use that years ago (not with Netflix though) running from a data centre, using an ssh (autossh) tunnel to reach it securely. Worked pretty well, aside from the extra l…
A l7 (http) proxy will not work for this. Even if you are able to redirect the app to your proxy by overriding DNS it would just fail on the TLS handshake since Netflix is using https. You would need to have their private server certificate to make it work. Plus they might infer from extra headers that traffic is Proxied. => You need a L4 proxy, aka VPN
However, they work just fine.