I actually don't care about the TV part or 'Originals'. I just want something where I can watch the latest movies without having to go and buy a plastic disc.
Rental stores (other than having to physically go in) were a good solution to this, until Netflix et al killed them. Now if you want this, the best option just seems to pirate movies. Popcorn Time and even streaming sites (like the Polish one mentioned in another comment) provide a comparable experience to Netflix, but with the content people actually want to watch.
With all the licensing 'deals' and restrictions it seems that the studios have just shot themselves in the foot...
If you are an Australian, only at extortionate prices. We pay at least three times as much as Americans, and I can assure you whilst the Australian exchange rate doesn't have the purchasing dollar that the U.S. dollar does, we are only about 1.43 Australian dollars to every 1 US dollar.
At one point we were actually at about 1.2 US dollars for every 1 Australian dollar (during the GFC) and we were still charged 2-3 times the amount it cost in the U.S.! And even then the exchange rate was blamed - at which point every single Australian realized we were being utterly screwed.
Now a majority of Australians are bypassing geoblocks, and will continue to do so.
It's not that slow. I pulled down the multi-gigabyte Libreoffice git repository pretty quickly the other day. And I've watched certain networks streaming TV shows without any problems.
Rental stores (other than having to physically go in) were a good solution to this, until Netflix et al killed them. Now if you want this, the best option just seems to pirate movies. Popcorn Time and even streaming sites (like the Polish one mentioned in another comment) provide a comparable experience to Netflix, but with the content people actually want to watch.
With all the licensing 'deals' and restrictions it seems that the studios have just shot themselves in the foot...