RANT: Digital Distribution

wjdobie · January 3, 2015

So I was reading this Thread:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/283724-netflix-cracks-down-on-vpn-and-proxy-pirates%E2%80%9D/page-2#entry3851884

about how netflix is now being bruteforced into blocking VPN users from watching movies - which means that very soon, I won't be able to Use US Netflix.

As a long time subscriber of Netflix in the United Kingdom, this pisses me off: I Use 'hola Better Internet' to watch Netflix nearly every time I use it. Why? Because the UK selection of movies in films (whilst not bad) is Patchy, and what I mean by that is demonstrated In the following image, which also shows that the American Netflix is 'patchy' too...

This is a screenshot from http://netflixukvsusa.blogspot.com/ that shows the Availability of the 6 Jackass movies released so far.

Why? Why does this disparity even exist? 6 Films in the same series, with the same stars, from the same Film studio. 2 & 2.5 are not available to stream in the same country (Two films made from the same 'bank' of footage) - This blows my mind. It SHOULD be so easy to just have everything rolled out globally in this day and age, and yet, we Are now seeing more tight region locking than was ever seen with DVDs - and On that note, I could go out right now, to a shop, on both sides of the Pond and Rent all six of these movies on DVD, or even on iTunes, or, wouldn't it just be easier If I fired up Popcorn time and watched them all that way...

Why does Hollywood have to be so Stupid - People want simplicity, and Netflix offers that, but if people can't find what they want to watch, then what's the point... Don't get me wrong, this isn't Netflix's fault - It's just frustrating to me that instead of making things simpler (like it should) streaming has simply challenged the traditional Business model, and Hollywood, instead of getting its $hit together, They are just throwing dollars at everyone to keep things things from actually progressing.

Rant over, Enjoy your day