TorrentFreak said this was an interesting decision, as many overseas military bases are not considered U.S. soil.
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Jesse Fowler, a hospital corpsman stationed in Bahrain, says he’s not disappointed with the local offering of Netflix but relies on a VPN to access some shows that are not available.
Many soldiers stationed in the Middle East and elsewhere use Netflix in combination with a VPN, to feel ‘at home.’ Soon, this may no longer be possible, at least not for those who live off-base.
Netflix might have declared its plan to crack down on unblockers and VPNs to avoid users country-hopping, but there’s still ways to view the different Netflix libraries from other regions.
Some Netflix subscribers in New Zealand boasted they had quickly circumvented the ban, but others said they might be deterred by the nuisance factor and the uncertainty.
But she was considering dropping Netflix and trying out Spark’s alternative Lightbox TV service after she had problems accessing Netflix’ British programming late last week.
How many times have you searched for a film or programme on Netflix, only to find it’s unavailable?
Netflix does not release their full catalog offerings – the company closed its public API several years ago – and so far it’s unclear if this unofficial catalog violates any of the company’s terms of service.
TorrentFreak has kept a close eye on the recent developments and Netflix has indeed started to block more VPN providers.
The site lists the amount of new videos added to each country in the past 7 days as well and the ones that are about to expire.
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Hampton said Getflix appeared to have restored access to Netflix’ British service without her having to implement any workarounds.
