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Re:Netflix to block proxy access to content not available lo... by bmelton on Thursday January 14, 2016 @04:45PM (#10904768)
Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/277/

Everything seems arbitrary when one does not know or cannot guess at the (usually more complicated) underlying reasons.

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Re:Netflix to block proxy access to content not available lo... by chris_wot on Thursday January 14, 2016 @04:50PM (#10904817)
Those reasons are because of negotiating local deals, or to prevent access to the content immediately to push up prices artificially. We do actually know the reasons, and it doesn't make things any better.
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