Netflix

[Adebisi]

I download loads of shit but it's usually more obscure stuff/things I want to watch before I decide if I wanna part with the money for the DVD.. this notebook is something like 300GB and I plan to fill it with films and music. 
For some reason I can't connect my laptop to my TV, I can connect it to other people's but for some reason mine wont have it. This is why I don't mind paying for Netflix and now Amazon prime. I feel like my money is better spent on them than what I would normally spend it on.. drink, takeaways and the like. 

My problem is actually getting around to watching these things. I must have about 100+ things in my netflix/amazon watchlist, another 50 odd films downloaded not to mention albums, books and comics I could be listening to/reading. I think I'm just depressed. 

[Sugar Ape]

How would they do this?

 

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/15/netflix-announces-crackdown-on-vpn-users?CMP=twt_gu

 

Netflix announces crackdown on VPN users

 

Streaming service will prevent those using proxies and VPN services such as Hola from watching content licensed for other regions

 

Netflix has announced new plans to crack down on subscribers who use tools such as proxies or VPNs to watch video from other countries.

 

Doing so gives users access to a much larger selection of titles, but breaks Netflix’s terms of service – as well as breaking the agreements Netflix has with the content providers.

 

In a statement, Netflix vice president David Fullagar said: “Some members use proxies or ‘unblockers’ to access titles available outside their territory. To address this, we employ the same or similar measures other firms do. This technology continues to evolve and we are evolving with it.

 

“That means in coming weeks, those using proxies and unblockers will only be able to access the service in the country where they currently are. We are confident this change won’t impact members not using proxies.”

 

Proxies and VPNs are tools which route a user’s internet connection through a third party before eventually connecting to the internet. They are commonly used to mask the IP address, and thus physical location, of a web user’s computer.

 

The services are popular among Netflix users, particularly those outside of the US, because they allow access to video that Netflix has licensed for other countries but not their own. Sometimes, the motivation is to access media that Netflix hasn’t licensed for multiple countries due to a lack of demand (for instance, a Korean émigré may want to watch shows from their home country, which haven’t been licensed for British audiences due to a lack of demand); but more commonly, the drive is simply that the US version of Netflix, thanks to its larger market, has a significantly better selection of English-language media than other regions.

 

The use of proxies was also particularly popular in countries where the service hadn’t officially launched, such as (until recently) Australia and New Zealand. But part of the motivation for Netflix finally cracking down on the use of proxies seems to be its announcement this month that it would be launching worldwide, to every nation other than China, Syria, North Korea and Crimea.

 

Fullagar wrote that “We are making progress in licensing content across the world and, as of last week, now offer the Netflix service in 190 countries, but we have a ways to go before we can offer people the same films and TV series everywhere.

 

“Over time, we anticipate being able to do so. For now, given the historic practice of licensing content by geographic territories, the TV shows and movies we offer differ, to varying degrees, by territory. In the meantime, we will continue to respect and enforce content licensing by geographic location.”

 

Last January, Netflix was forced to deny rumours that it had launched a crackdown on users of VPN services after reports of blocked access. At the time, the company said it was using “industry standard methods to prevent illegal VPN use”, and the vast majority of VPN users continued to be able to watch region-locked content without issues.

 

But increasing pressure from content providers, who only grant Netflix the rights to stream certain content in certain locales, could be the reason for the change in policy. While Netflix has historically benefited from income from users who paid to access locked content, it now has to play nice worldwide in order to build up large libraries in its hundred-plus new nations.

 

[Bobby Hundreds]

They do that and I cancel. 

[Lee909]

Cunts

[Sugar Ape]

I don't use it anyway but if I go onto Netflix using Zenmate how would it know I'm not in the States to block it?

 

Unless they're just going to go off your country of use when you signed up and only let you log into your account if it's in that country.

[Dr Nowt]

I have Amazon Prime though barely used it as I don't watch a great deal of TV. Apparently it took over Love Film's library if you were familiar with that. I occasionally get buffering and freezing issues, though I can't be certain whether that's the fault of my ISP.

 

No idea how or when I negged this post by Remmie, but no doubt he has stewed over it ever since and is throwing darts at a picture of my face in his attic.

 

In any case, it was unintentional.

[VladimirIlyich]

I use Netflix through Amazon Firestick as the quality is very good. It is noticeable that the UK content can be watched quickly if you get on a run. Will be Netflix loss if they become major arseholes.

[skend04]

I use Netflix through Amazon Firestick as the quality is very good. It is noticeable that the UK content can be watched quickly if you get on a run. Will be Netflix loss if they become major arseholes.

Obviously there's profit margin to think about but im wondering if they can be sued by distributors if they don't do all they can to stop subscribers watch any of their movies from wherever they are.

[sh#t waffle]

No idea how or when I negged this post by Remmie, but no doubt he has stewed over it ever since and is throwing darts at a picture of my face in his attic.

 

In any case, it was unintentional.

I'm going to report Remmie's post; it absolutely sickens me.

[Mook]

I would like to join the chorus of protesters at Remmie's stomach churning post.

 

His point about buffering & freezing in particular was blood curdling & I've sent a screenshot to my local police headquarters.

 

Hopefully they bring back the death penalty for the cunt.

[Dr Nowt]

I'm going to report Remmie's post; it absolutely sickens me.

 

I would like to join the chorus of protesters at Remmie's stomach churning post.

 

His point about buffering & freezing in particular was blood curdling & I've sent a screenshot to my local police headquarters.

 

Hopefully they bring back the death penalty for the cunt.

 

I'm thinking banning order followed by acid bath?

 

Even though I didn't mind the post and am sorry I've been stealth negging him for over a year due to it.

[Remmie]

Diss Prime, get banged.

 

It's a fair cop.

[Hades]

Damn. Just bought a yearly Getflix DNS/VPN combo.

[cloggypop]

A VPN will probably still work. The BBC claimed to stop iplayer working with them a while back. The VPN I use didn't work for a couple of days then it updated and works just fine. The free ones may well stop working.

 

It's just going to drive more people to Kodi really.

[Tony Moanero]

Netpricks.

[Mook]

Any recommendations on good programmes to watch on Netflix?

 

We've done all the Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul level ones & seem to end up watching mediocre films a lot of the time now that I usually give up on after about half an hour, I'm thinking about binning it off.

[Lee909]

Some good music documentaries on there. The evolution of hip hop was interesting and its not really my thing.

 

Series have you tried Archer?

Only short 20mins, animated

[Elite]

Any recommendations on good programmes to watch on Netflix?

 

We've done all the Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul level ones & seem to end up watching mediocre films a lot of the time now that I usually give up on after about half an hour, I'm thinking about binning it off.

Justified is class once you get into it,

Narcos is ace as well.

[Mook]

I've seen Narcos (which was magic), might give Justified a whirl though.

 

I've heard good things about Archer but I find that I can't be bothered watching cartoons these days.

[setreal]

Peaky Blinders?

Deadwood?

[Paulie Dangerously]

Designated Survivor is pretty good.  Got a Homeland feel to it. 8 episodes in 

[M_B]

Any recommendations on good programmes to watch on Netflix?

 

We've done all the Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul level ones & seem to end up watching mediocre films a lot of the time now that I usually give up on after about half an hour, I'm thinking about binning it off.

 

After Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul everything else is a little empty.

 

However House of Cards, Homeland and Orange is the New Black are all watchable.

[s(k)aturation]

Glow.

 

Okja.

[skend04]

I've seen Narcos (which was magic), might give Justified a whirl though.

 

I've heard good things about Archer but I find that I can't be bothered watching cartoons these days.

Archer is ace. Skip seasons 6 and 7 though.

[Elite]

I've seen Narcos (which was magic), might give Justified a whirl though.

 

I've heard good things about Archer but I find that I can't be bothered watching cartoons these days.

Persevere with Justified till near end of season 1 because after that it gets brilliant