Netflix: We don't know where any of our customers are, sorry Chicago!
Chicago: Okay fine we talked to all the local ISPs and you're no longer accessible in our city. Have a nice day.
or
Chicago: We didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday guys, have you heard of this thing called GeoIP services?
Besides, I'm sure Netflix is bound by all kinds of territory-based licensing to need people's addresses. Like if Foobar Productions did a deal with someone else for exclusive digital rights to Austria and Australia but is letting Netflix license their show for streaming everywhere else, Netflix needs to be able to not show it to the Austr(al)ians.
To the extent that territory licensing forces Netflix's position, that still doesn't justify the customer-hostile behavior. I don't expect my comment to change Netflix's behavior, but rather to highlight the hypocrisy of casting themselves as a modern solution while dragging us backwards.
And yes, obviously the totalitarian matrix is interconnected. GeoIP is a symptom of that cancer - the legacy status quo attempting to make the Internet conform to its preconceived notions. Which is why I pointed the way towards the Internet-first solution.
Chicago: Okay fine we talked to all the local ISPs and you're no longer accessible in our city. Have a nice day.
or
Chicago: We didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday guys, have you heard of this thing called GeoIP services?
Besides, I'm sure Netflix is bound by all kinds of territory-based licensing to need people's addresses. Like if Foobar Productions did a deal with someone else for exclusive digital rights to Austria and Australia but is letting Netflix license their show for streaming everywhere else, Netflix needs to be able to not show it to the Austr(al)ians.