My guess is that Netflix has now positioned themselves as the first global &#x27;television&#x27; network.<p>They hopefully have enough power and leverage to stop the content producers from stupidly restricting access via region, but they&#x27;re not able to do this effectively if users can easily bypass the restrictions.<p>If it doesn&#x27;t work out then at least they&#x27;ll get a global audience for their own content and the rest will go back to piracy.