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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... -- inoc.net!rblayzor XMPP: rblayzor.AT.inoc.net PGP: https://pgp.inoc.net/rblayzor/
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- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Robert Blayzor (Nov 13)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Michael Crapse (Nov 13)
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- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues John Von Essen (Nov 14)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Ethan O'Toole (Nov 14)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Javier J (Nov 14)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Matthew Huff (Nov 13)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Michael Crapse (Nov 12)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Aden Dragulescu (Nov 12)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Michael Crapse (Nov 12)
- Re: Disney+ Geolocation issues Randy Bush (Nov 12)