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Re:Netflix intensifies VPN ban and targets residential IP ad... by kuschku on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:47AM (#28152848)
Just have separate prepaid cards per country? You're already paying the price for that country's content selection, so Netflix should have no issue giving you access to that content either.
Re:Netflix intensifies VPN ban and targets residential IP ad... by Mindwipe on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:46AM (#28153303)
That still allows easy bypassing of the country restrictions. If you're a local pay TV broadcaster who has paid a premium price for a show that is particularily attractive in a given country, you are not going to permit Netflix to sell the country you paid exclusive rights for.

Netflix could trivially buy the rights cheaply for a small country with a tiny economy and then use these cards to sell to the US or other major countries where the rights could cost a thousand percent more.

No competent distributor will let them do this.