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Re:Netflix intensifies VPN ban and targets residential IP ad... by briandear on Thursday August 12, 2021 @12:28AM (#28151926)
> people who sell them media rights likely insist on tight region controls (or, would charge NF a lot more for "global" rights vs "US" rights.)

Netflix could tell them to pound sand. If those distributors want to sell their product, they’ll have to bend. What’s the alternative? Movie theaters? Netflix is such a market mover now, they can play a lot harder than in their early days.

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Re:Netflix intensifies VPN ban and targets residential IP ad... by dmitriid on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:28AM (#28152694)
> Netflix is such a market mover now, they can play a lot harder than in their early days.

They are no longer a market mover. Disney is.

Netflix should've "pounded everyone" five years ago when they were the only player in town. Now they don't even have content to show (my feed is 80% Netflix productions and 19% 10-20 year old movies).

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Re:Netflix intensifies VPN ban and targets residential IP ad... by Mindwipe on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:51AM (#28153348)
Netflix were not ever, ever, ever the only player in town.

Ever.

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Re:Netflix intensifies VPN ban and targets residential IP ad... by dmitriid on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:12AM (#28153499)
They were the only one that mattered, for a long time.
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