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> it's a cat and mouse game now between content providers and VPN providers

It's not the content providers but the movie studios, music labels and rights holders and so forth. Netflix doesn't really care about users circumventing geo restrictions, otherwise it wouldn't be so easy

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Since January or so, Netflix has started to crack down on these services[0].

0 - http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/netflix-crackdown-unblo...

True, but the point is that this is almost certainly due to contractual obligations with and/or pressure from studios and other rightsholders. Netflix has negative interest in limiting their catalog on a regional basis -- it's against their customers' interests and harmful to Netflix's business.

Although I agree with you, it's Netflix's problem, even if it's not their fault. They, and their customers are the ones suffering

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