It seems that as of today Netflix, at least the streaming component of their service, is available in Canada. It seems that the company is offering people a free month of access, after that the service will be $7.99 a month for unlimited streaming.
Amazingly, within just a few hours of the service going live and the free month deal being available Neil had signed up and started streaming content. When I returned from the university I found Neil and Rebecca watching About a Boy.
Hopefully this won't prove to be too much of a distraction in our apartment.
What amazes me the most about this service is that it has taken so long for it to come to Canada. Why are so many of these streaming content services so slow to come to Canada, at least in comparison to the US? Particularly because the absence of such services seems to encourage people to use the illegal alternatives.
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Licenses.
Yes, but surely these multinational corporations should be able to figure out how to provide such services and get around the licensing issues. The other alternative, which seems to be taking place, is that people will just access such content illegally.
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