Well from the point of view of a user it's a real pain.
I really hate that now that I moved to Belgium, I have to use a VPN to watch French TV, although before that I had to use a VPN as well to watch Belgian TV. When I was close to the border I could still get most channels with an antenna+tuner but not anymore. On the other hand, my Netflix account won't let me watch some Belgian stuff, I have to close it first and open a new one here (but then, some French movies will not be available to me anymore).
I can't even pay for watching what I want, my only recourse is using technical solutions that are not available to most people, what does it actually achieve?
Geographic restrictions are one of the most infuriating things on the internet.
seszett|7 years ago
I really hate that now that I moved to Belgium, I have to use a VPN to watch French TV, although before that I had to use a VPN as well to watch Belgian TV. When I was close to the border I could still get most channels with an antenna+tuner but not anymore. On the other hand, my Netflix account won't let me watch some Belgian stuff, I have to close it first and open a new one here (but then, some French movies will not be available to me anymore).
I can't even pay for watching what I want, my only recourse is using technical solutions that are not available to most people, what does it actually achieve?
Geographic restrictions are one of the most infuriating things on the internet.