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[–] coolfission@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

“This show is not available in your country” is the one that pisses me off the most. The Internet connects the entire world and then we have unnecessary artificial barriers like georestriction for no reason. There’s foreign shows I’ve been wanting to watch but they’re not available on torrents and only on these georestricted platforms so I can’t even watch it even if I’m willing to pay (which I am for few films).

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago (9 children)

What about using a VPN?

Idk if sites have ways to block that now

[–] coolfission@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

Even VPN isn’t enough. Ex. One time I wanted to watch a show that’s only available on Amazon Prime India according to justwatch. VPN isn’t enough because I’m using US-based Amazon account and I have to create an Amazon IN account per Amazon’s policies. And for that I need an India phone number for verification. So of course I don’t want to spend money on account setup especially since I don’t know if it’ll work. So I setup Azure VM based in India (in case they use location) but it still got stuck on the phone verification or puzzle loop so there’s nothing I can do unless I find a friend in India and use their account :(

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

And it wasn't available on any piracy sites I'm guessing? Yeah that is rough. I know it took me quite some time to track down a copy of the movie Blueberry for similar reasons. (Weird French acid western)

[–] coolfission@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

yeah not available on any torrent sites. I checked all of the major ones through Jackett and it returned no results. If you’re curious, the name of the movie is “Kulkarni Chaukatla Deshpande”. There’s a couple movies like that that are available on Amazon Prime India but not on torrent trackers.

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Damn I tried looking and for a second I thought I found a free online version for you, but it was actually just "Mrs. Deshpande"

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