If you prefer English-language content it can cost a lot more to get it through local distributors -- sometimes services are only made available in the US and a select few countries internationally. Everyone else would have to lie and proxy to get such a service, with no local alternatives.

Ironic, since we're talking about how you can't visit this article from the UK, and for reasons that have nothing to do with US licensing. Of course, I've had the same happen to me with UK-exclusive, unlicensed content, so.... Works both ways. Ultimately even though the US catalog of Netflix is huge, it's overshadowed by the global catalog's selection in aggregate...