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Netflix Blocks Many IPv6 Users Over Geolocation Difficulty

Posted by msmash on from the assuming-control dept.

An anonymous reader writes: In another example of content owners putting the screws to Netflix and consumers, network operators are reporting that the popular streaming service has begun blocking many customers on IPv6 connections. Many users of Hurricane Electric's IPv4-to-IPv6 service have been blocked entirely, while users on ISPs that provide native IPv6 are also facing difficulty connecting and watching shows. Netflix customer service has been advising users that the only workaround is to completely disable IPv6 on their computers. The ban on IPv6 appears to be the latest round of a wider crackdown against users whose IP address can't be sufficiently geolocated. While the rest of the internet moves forward with implementing IPv6, content owners are forcing Netflix to move backwards.

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  1. Why by Archfeld · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why does this topic have a Digital Electronics logo ? Did I miss something ?

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    errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?
  2. Netflix and Apple by Londovir · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So...how long before the Netflix iOS app disappears off the App Store, or the negative reviews start piling up? Apple is either about to begin, it has already begun, requiring all iOS apps to strictly only support IPv6, so this is entertaining. If the Netflix app has to only use IPv6, and Netflix starts blocking various people using IPv6...heh. :)

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    Londovir