the.com/geoblocking
the internet's bouncer, checking your IP address instead of your ID.
means restricting access to online content based on the user's geographic location, usually determined by IP address.
from emerged with streaming and licensing deals in the early 2000s, when studios realized the internet didn't respect the same national borders their contracts did.
vpn workaroundmost geoblocks just check ip, easily masked
sports blackoutslocal games hidden from local viewers, oddly
price discriminationsame product, different prices by country
eu crackdown2018 law banned unjustified blocking within eu