Why Netflix won't block VPN users – it has too many of them

More than 30 million Netflix users live in countries where the service is unavailable without the use of location-masking software, giving the company a hefty financial incentive not to crack-down on members who use the technological loophole to watch content not authorised for their country. The figures, which come from market research firm GlobalWebIndex, show that Netflix has more than 20 million users in China alone, all of whom must connect through virtual private networks (VPNs) since the

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