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I was upset that only after registration I was informed there was no support for linux. That's wasting the free month. How can I get netflix to display on debi

I was upset that only after registration I was informed there was no support for linux. That's wasting the free month. How can I get netflix to display on debian testing, out of principle without chrome? Supposedly it chrome works, but chromium didn't. Firefox is supposedly getting support, but not officially and so it didn't work for me. I was thinking to keep torrenting while paying, but actually the selection on the public trackers is rather limited to new releases or lonely slow seeders. Avoiding the hassle of finding sources and exposing buggy clients to the scene is the main advantage, but then the netflix selection is limited as well, which is good for competition, I suppose.

loudmax 10y ago
I consider myself a pretty hardcore free software enthusiast, and I'm okay with using the Google-branded browser to play Netflix. My feeling is that if you're playing copyrighted content, you're in the restricted intellectual property space anyway. Netflix "owns" the rights to play these videos, so they get to say what platforms they play on. It would be better if they played on a fully open source platform (hopefully they will soon), but it would also be better if copyright law wasn't completely insane. Frankly I'm just glad I can play Netflix on non-Android Linux at all, because that wasn't the case originally. For what it's worth, Netflix runs smoothly on Google Chrome on my Arch laptop. Amazon prime also plays, though the interface is clunkier. I use chromium as my default browser but I aliased nf='google-chrome-stable https://www.netflix.com' https://www.netflix.com'
- posterboy 10y ago
  > My feeling is that if you're playing copyrighted content, you're in the restricted intellectual property space anyway. Of course, but it goes both ways, so the argument is indecisive at first glance. Now you can go down a slight slippery slope and weigh each side of the argument. But it's basically the only reason I am hesitant, so after all you may be right. Surely, not finding the hoped for selection biased my opinion. Yet before finding the player broken by drm I had more great shows added to my list than I currently could reasonably watch.

loudmax 10y ago

I consider myself a pretty hardcore free software enthusiast, and I'm okay with using the Google-branded browser to play Netflix. My feeling is that if you're playing copyrighted content, you're in the restricted intellectual property space anyway. Netflix "owns" the rights to play these videos, so they get to say what platforms they play on. It would be better if they played on a fully open source platform (hopefully they will soon), but it would also be better if copyright law wasn't completely insane. Frankly I'm just glad I can play Netflix on non-Android Linux at all, because that wasn't the case originally. For what it's worth, Netflix runs smoothly on Google Chrome on my Arch laptop. Amazon prime also plays, though the interface is clunkier. I use chromium as my default browser but I aliased nf='google-chrome-stable https://www.netflix.com' https://www.netflix.com'

posterboy 10y ago
> My feeling is that if you're playing copyrighted content, you're in the restricted intellectual property space anyway. Of course, but it goes both ways, so the argument is indecisive at first glance. Now you can go down a slight slippery slope and weigh each side of the argument. But it's basically the only reason I am hesitant, so after all you may be right. Surely, not finding the hoped for selection biased my opinion. Yet before finding the player broken by drm I had more great shows added to my list than I currently could reasonably watch.