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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

[–] bridgeenjoyer@gamepad.club 1 point 1 day ago (3 children)

@7101334 @coolfission they do but they get circumvented fast.

The real way the gov/big tech (they are one and the same) will shut this down is by making vpns illegal, and making your ISP beholden to this law, and the next step is to make your OS verify who you are with Id or biometric. This means anyone using Linux or graphene os etc will be marked a criminal. All part of their plan.

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

yeah and we’re already seeing that with how now you need an account with your personal information just to use software. And everything is requiring a phone number and SMS verification to setup. I miss the days when all I needed to create an account on major sites was an email and password.

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