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> If it was up to Netflix, they would just release their shows DRM-free on Netflix for any platform. That is SO UNTRUE. Netflix would never want their content
by ndesaulniers 10y ago
> If it was up to Netflix, they would just release their shows DRM-free on Netflix for any platform.
That is SO UNTRUE. Netflix would never want their content to be distributed by anyone other than them, which is the point of DRM; absolute control over distribution, not copy protection.
If Netflix was against DRM, then why release their first party content DRM ensnared?
- dkonofalski 10y agoThat's not necessarily true. It may just be a matter of efficiency. Because all the other content requires DRM, they may have a processing workflow or other technology that just DRMs any and all content in a single, unified manner. Changing that workflow to bypass DRM may actually make it more complicated. You also have to consider that their first party content is rather new so this could absolutely be something that they're working on doing but never implemented because it wasn't an option when they weren't producing their own content.
- ndesaulniers 10y agoThat's a pretty big "what if" I'm not willing to grant. Given how complicated the MSE+EME stacks are, I have no doubt they would test just MSE without EME, since they can't guarantee EME compliance on any given browser. You're reaching.
- dkonofalski 10y agoOk, fine... then replace it with any other one of the innumerable reasons they could have. Maybe it's not a technical issue. Maybe it's a political issue. The fact is that no one here knows why they haven't taken a position, especially based on their historic behavior related to it, and the issue is likely more complicated than anyone is giving it credit for.