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New EU rules on portability of online content services move closer

John Brown (no body) Silver badge

will not be able to charge extra

"Content service providers will not be able to charge extra to provide for the portability of their services under the new framework."

If anything, it will save them money. They don't need to geoblock, just confirm that the bank account being used to pay for the sub is in the same country as the service being paid for. The banks already make it difficult enough to open a new account, let alone an account in a country in which you are not resident, so although a small minority might be able to get around the system, the vast majority or people won't. It sounds like a win-win all around and I suspect the only reason for the geoblocking in the first place was because of the demands of the rights holders, not the streaming services.

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