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Sirtel · 12-05-2020, 11:16 AM

Geoblocking has no place in the modern world and certainly is a major cause for movie piracy (I know for sure it is in my country). And no, I don't think people living in the US or UK have any right to condemn the rest of the world for circumventing geoblocking. For example, the Netflix library in Estonia is only 15% of the US library, based on a local newspaper article. It's a mystery to me what the movie companies think, still clinging to such an outdated business model.

I have little time for watching movies and Netflix usually provides me with enough material when I do have a moment to spare for watching. But only recently one of my close relatives wanted to watch a new HBO series. She tried to subscribe to HBO, only to learn it's not available to Estonians. Of course she didn't meekly agree that she's not entitled to watch that series, and went to a torrent site instead. I imagine most people in geoblocked countries behave the same way. And that means movie makers are just throwing money away. Yes, many people would pay gladly if the product was available to them.

Rant over.

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Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,085 Karma: 237627567 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Geoblocking has no place in the modern world and certainly is a major cause for movie piracy (I know for sure it is in my country). And no, I don't think people living in the US or UK have any right to condemn the rest of the world for circumventing geoblocking. For example, the Netflix library in Estonia is only 15% of the US library, based on a local newspaper article. It's a mystery to me what the movie companies think, still clinging to such an outdated business model. I have little time for watching movies and Netflix usually provides me with enough material when I do have a moment to spare for watching. But only recently one of my close relatives wanted to watch a new HBO series. She tried to subscribe to HBO, only to learn it's not available to Estonians. Of course she didn't meekly agree that she's not entitled to watch that series, and went to a torrent site instead. I imagine most people in geoblocked countries behave the same way. And that means movie makers are just throwing money away. Yes, many people would pay gladly if the product was available to them. Rant over. Last edited by Sirtel; 12-05-2020 at 11:19 AM.