Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland

Re:Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland by Drakim on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @02:19PM (#7779835)

If Netflix just started taking money from German customers while providing them with a terrible service, we would be angry at that.

It makes sense that they might have to get local servers, or at least test the waters before opening the floodgates.

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Re:Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland by jordigh on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @02:21PM (#7779841)

> If Netflix just started taking money from German customers while providing them with a terrible service, we would be angry at that.

That's not the limiting reactant. The actual issue with region lockout is copyright bullshit.

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Re:Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland by ansimionescu on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @02:34PM (#7779921)

This. The fact that most people seem this ignorant to practical law issues is a major part of why the overall situation (patents, Hollywood, etc) is as shitty as it is, methinks. Uneducated flocks are easier to steer.

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Re:Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland by toomuchtodo on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @02:22PM (#7779852)

Netflix's control plane is in AWS, and their content is distributed by global CDNs; there are no local servers to get.

I would agree though that you do have to ensure content has been staged to your CDN, you have a local control plane in the EU for end-user latency, etc.

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Re:Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland by StavrosK on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @06:53PM (#7781228)

I use it from Greece through a proxy and, even then, it's great.

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