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Comment by D9u | Hacker News Reader

Screw Netflix!

$7.99 per month and they don't even have the last half of season 5 - Breaking Bad.

Many movies are unavailable to US viewers, as services such as https://hola.org/ have shown us.

Large selection? It seems like every movie I want to watch is "Unavailable for streaming..." or is viewable for an additional $10 fee through their DVD service.

I like Popcorn!

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To be fair, I think if Netflix COULD give you more they would. It's not like they are holding back season 5 and then charging you an extra $3.99 to see it as I'm sure someone like Comcast would do.

It doesn't really matter whose fault it is. The same content is readily available in torrents, and if nobody is willing to accept money for it, guess where consumers are going to get it from?

I assume these people would rather receive money for their content, but it sure doesn't seem like it.

Just VPN to the UK and you'll have the last half. Although I'm sure I read about it coming to the US at some point this spring

Already in the US - came beginning of March.

Cool, great to hear. I accidentally had my VPN on US at the end of February when I was trying to watch BB again

Or just pirate it - using a VPN is against Netflix' TOS, so since you'll be in the wrong either way, there's no reason for doing it the expensive way.

I like what Netflix does, but as long as region locks exist (not Netflix' fault, of course) there won't be a service that's both good and legal.

Or just buy it on DVD

In the UK we've got the last half of Season 5, sorry :(

I signed up for the netflix free trial and no HD on any movie I attempted to watch. It was like watching an xvid avi file.

Sounds like a problem with your connection. Netflix streams 720p for me, but whenever there's a downward spike in my speed, rather than interrupt me by buffering it drops to 480p until it has had the chance to download again in 720p.

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