Netflix is making it a lot harder to access another country's catalog of movies

Now that Netflix is in 190 countries, the company really, really doesn't want users to login using proxies or VPNs.

In a blog post published Thursday, the company said that users will only be able to use "proxies and unblockers" in the coming weeks to "access the service in the country where they currently are."

In other words, if you want to access a Netflix library from another country using a proxy or VPN, it's going to be a lot more difficult.

For years, users in countries where Netflix wasn't available have used DNS tricks or VPNs to access the service anyway. Even after Netflix came to a region, unblocking services remained popular for users who might want access to content not available in their region. Read more...