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Most of us are aware how geoblocks are one more reason people nudge towards piracy. Well, I didn't knew that companies imposed geoblocks even on free content.

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[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, so much US content gets geoblocked here. It's super weird, just a random clip from a show on youtube? woops, looks like that content isn't available in your country.

[–] gila@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Well at least we get ours back when we geoblock them from watching the AFL/NRL grand final. Right? Oh, no one watches it? Oh.