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Re:How the dream of cheap streaming television became a pric... by krageon on Monday April 29, 2019 @04:38AM (#19776773)
Finding where content is available outside the US isn't a super hard exercise, it's just frustrating. The answer at least half the time is "you can't".
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Re:How the dream of cheap streaming television became a pric... by tristanperry on Monday April 29, 2019 @09:03AM (#19777942)
Yep, and that's the sad thing.

As a Brit, it used to be a simple flow: check Netflix, almost certainly on there, watch.

Now it's usually not on there, and checking JustWatch shows that it's unavailable in the UK (without paying to buy or 'lease' the content, usually for a similar price to the streaming service's monthly rate).

You can see why torrenting is on the rise again: a Netflix subscription just doesn't cut it anymore, and Hulu isn't available in the UK without a VPN.

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Re:How the dream of cheap streaming television became a pric... by Mindwipe on Monday April 29, 2019 @09:38AM (#19778228)
> As a Brit, it used to be a simple flow: check Netflix, almost certainly on there, watch.

This is nonsense tbh.

This was never the case, and if it was it was because you had ridiculously narrow demographic tastes.

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Re:How the dream of cheap streaming television became a pric... by dmitriid on Monday April 29, 2019 @09:52AM (#19778336)
It's not nonsense, it's facts and reality.

https://www.finder.com/uk/netflix-uk-vs-world-content

Canada and the US have 10-11% more content than UK. The disparity was much greater before most content providers left Netflix and before the advent of Netflix's original programming.

It was and still is even worse for other countries (I live in Sweden, it has 30% less content than the UK)

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Re:How the dream of cheap streaming television became a pric... by robochat42 on Monday April 29, 2019 @05:25AM (#19776930)
I use this site. It isn't always accurate but it gives me a starting point: www.justwatch.com
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