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by nkvoll 4532 days ago
Norway pays around $16.09 monthly and still has around the same amount of songs that are unavailable as well. It's getting better -- a year or so ago around 7-8% of the top 100 everywhere were unavailable to us. Still cost the same.

Same story with Netflix. Costs more here than in the US, but the content is waaay worse. It's often 2-3 years behind the original airing of the episodes in US, so it's not in any way useful to stay current.
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workhere-io 4532 days ago
Same story with Netflix. Costs more here than in the US, but the content is waaay worse.

Use the US version of Netflix instead. Try https://unlocator.com (currently free because it's in beta - works like a charm) or http://unotelly.com/.

Here in Denmark it's completely legal to use the US Netflix. I don't know about Norwegian laws, though.

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vinceguidry 4530 days ago
I love how on their "Channels unblocked page" it claims to support "all the major streaming services."

What's not on the list? Youtube.

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epipsychidion 4532 days ago
The Netflix bit is not completely true; the number of films/episodes available is lower but you get quite a few high-profile movies unavailable stateside eg. Argo, Batman + The Matrix trilogies, The Departed etc (http://www.moreflicks.com/home/movies?utf8=%E2%9C%93&provide...). Blame licensing arrangements.

Netflix is pretty VPN-friendly from my experience, so if you have a US or Canadian one you can still watch what you'd like.

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Pxtl 4532 days ago
Wait, that website lest me search for a title and find out where it's available on Netflix?

Oooooh - combined with my proxy service's ability to pick what country I'm from, I think I've got some movie catch-up to do.

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