Netflix library in South Africa will have to be cut down to meet local content quota – Report

[ijacobs3]

I started watching some “South African” content on Netflix, kings of joburg , what a load of Shute , horrid production ,

 

[ic]

... So glad I left in 2003.

Why does it look like you're still in SA?

 

[backstreetboy]

So glad I left in 2003.

Using a VPN is cheaper.

 

[The Voice]

Using a VPN is cheaper.

Wouldn't have helped much in 2003.

 

[Jodes]

Free Market, Global economy, no borders on the internet!! Think ANC, think!!

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Free Market, Global economy, no borders on the internet!! Think ANC, think!!

You are asking, the impossible ...

 

[TheJman]

Time to cancel Netflix

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Time to cancel Netflix

Why cancel?

 

[TheJman]

Why cancel?

I was being dramatic.. but part of me is annoyed that yet again, we have to collectively punish everyone because of the ANC

 

[konfab]

All Netflix needs to do is just automatically capture webcam footage from cameras around South Africa, chop them up into series, then offer it as a local show.

Legally there is no difference between that and Isidingo.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

I was being dramatic.. but part of me is annoyed that yet again, we have to collectively punish everyone because of the ANC

Just move your Netflix from South Africa, to the UK, get double the content, with the addition of VPN/Smart DNS - vast improvement, if you ask me, only the ANC will be stuck with the South African Netflix.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

True.
We had great Afrikaans shows like Misdaad, Derrik, Man van staal, Buck Rogers etc...

Dubbed.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

If they do, I'll have to fork out for a VPN

Not a train smash, as you will get access to a wheel barrow full of content, that is currently not available to you.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

I mean I understand your argument.

But too much choice is also not necessarily helpful. Imagine you came to a restaurant and they brought you a menu the size of a phone book. How are you actually supposed to actually find anything, unless you know exactly what you're looking for?

I used to have a fairly good relationship with a DVD rental place owner. He had a fairly extensive selection, but he also knew what was good because he watched a lot of movies, so I was never disappointed when he recommended something. Stuff that I wouldn't have looked for myself because I didn't know about it.

Subscribe to the various threads in the relevant section right here on MBB, and you will get plenty recommendations.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

How will Government force YouTube to carry 30% local content when it thinks it can enforce it onto Netflix?

They not thinking, they holding a corporate **** ...

 

[bwana]

Why cancel?

I'm cancelling... and then immediately signing up in another country. The government doesn't deserve to get the VAT.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

I'm cancelling... and then immediately signing up in another country. The government doesn't deserve to get the VAT.

To the best of my knowledge, simply using a VPN to the States or UK, gets you access to those regions content.

I could be wrong, or only partially correct, so open to correction.

 

[bwana]

To the best of my knowledge, simply using a VPN to the States or UK, gets you access to those regions content.

I could be wrong, or only partially correct, so open to correction.

It does but the SA subscription includes 15% VAT which I don't think the government deserves.

(VAT correction)

 

[wingnut771]

It does but the SA subscription includes 14% VAT which I don't think the government deserves.

Isn't it 15% now?

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

It does but the SA subscription includes 14% VAT which I don't think the government deserves.

Ah! there is that, so I understand, a sensible approach to the situation.