45,000 People Call On Netflix To Ease Up ON VPN Users

There was a time when Netflix really didn’t care if people were using VPNs to access its service because it only used to be available in a handful of countries officially. Earlier this year Netflix announced its immediate global expansion and it’s now available in almost every country on this planet. Since its expansion, the online streaming giant has sternly cracked down on VPN users and no longer allows them to access a version of the site that’s not on their geographical location. Thousands of people are now calling on Netflix to ease up on this policy.

Even though Netflix is available in almost every country it doesn’t offer the same content everywhere. Users prefer the U.S. version of Netflix since it has the most amount of content but the company doesn’t have the license to stream all of the content in all of the countries.

Trying to access Netflix with a VPN is not going to get you anywhere now. You can sign in and even view the library but as soon as you try to stream a title it throws up an error message telling you to disconnect from VPN, and once you do that, you can only access the local version of Netflix.

A letter has been signed by nearly 45,000 people calling on Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to reconsider the company’s stern action against VPN users, though the crackdown on VPN is not something Hastings loses any sleep over.

To be clear, the letter launched by digital rights outfit OpenMedia is not calling on Netflix to stream all of the content in all of the countries even if it doesn’t have the necessary rights, it just wants the company to use different methods of geolocation filtering so that users can continue using VPN to protect their online privacy while they stream Netflix.

Adnan Farooqui
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Tags: Netflix