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Netflix begs to differ.
by air 10y ago
Netflix begs to differ.
- pstuart 10y agoworkflow or delivery?
- izacus 10y agoWith what? EME is a "cure" for a problem you shouldn't have in the first place. Idiotic technology to do nothing useful and solve no problems to make some content company executives feel better about their liability. EME does abosolutely nothing to prevent piracy and only serves as another roadblock for people to jump before seeing videos.
- dietrichepp 10y agoJust because you shouldn't have a problem doesn't mean you don't actually have that problem.
- bduerst 10y agoBad actors exist, hence the technology does something useful. Piracy [probably] isn't a problem for you, but if you think it isn't a problem at all, then you should read this: http://www.greenheartgames.com/2013/04/29/what-happens-when-pirates-play-a-game-development-simulator-and-then-go-bankrupt-because-of-piracy/ http://www.greenheartgames.com/2013/04/29/what-happens-when-...
- tveita 10y agoWe are talking about online video, where DRM is astoundingly ineffective. Any release is almost immediately available to download. Whether or not piracy is a problem is immaterial to the importance of DRM if DRM has no effect on piracy.
- takeda 10y agoAll it shows is that there is certain group of people which will pirate even if the content would be given for free. The people that would view paid content should not be punished with DRM, that only works on certain platforms and certain browsers. It actually makes pirated product much better than original. Pirated videos besides being free work on all platforms, you can view it on your computer, phone, tablet. Living or visiting a different country does not revoke your rights to see it, and you can make as many copies of it as you want.
- serge2k 10y agoDRM does nothing to stop piracy.
- serge2k 10y agoIt does accomplish a few things. 1. Makes it easier for them to control access by legitimate customers. Yes, this is pretty always consumer hostile BS, but it's a use case. 2. If someone does come up with an app to download shows or whatever, they have the legal argument of "you broke DRM to do this".
- spriggan3 10y agoNetflix can make its own app, outside the web.
- dcgudeman 10y agoOne of the most attractive features of netflix is the ability stream movies on the browser. Why would we want to move that to a separate app?
- exodust 10y agoI wouldn't call limiting resolution to 720p in the browser "attractive". Are you aware of this limit? In Chrome and Firefox, you can't watch Netflix above 720p. It's why I must use IE with Silverlight to watch Netflix at full HD on Windows 7.
- sosborn 10y ago> In Chrome and Firefox, you can't watch Netflix above 720p. Oh my god, the horror!
- exodust 10y agoWell, if youtube clips uploaded at 1080p couldn't be watched at 1080p, people would complain. When services advertise "hd video" and it doesn't actually work in HD... I'm sure you can figure it out. But then maybe you can't, given your remark.
- Tiksi 10y agoI thought the limit/split was 1080p in browser, 4k only through certain channels?
- exodust 10y agoNo, there's a page on Netflix listing the resolution limits per browser, I checked before I posted.