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Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues


From: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor.bulk () inoc net>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:24:03 -0500

On 11/13/19 9:49 AM, Matthew Huff wrote:
It’s not about optimization, it’s about the contract with the content providers. The agreement is to restrict content 
by geographical regions mainly for marketing purposes. They block VPN access to keep people from bypassing those 
restrictions. It’s true of all the streaming providers.


Build a better mousetrap, because it's clearly not working. We still get
tons of people calling into first level support asking why ESPN+ doesn't
work and that ESPN told them to call their ISP's, which can do NOTHING
to fix the problem.

Guessing Disney stole a page from that book...

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