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This sort of thing doesn't surprise me from Netflix. It has been tightening up its rules for some time. I dropped Netflix after whoever is in the group that d

This sort of thing doesn't surprise me from Netflix. It has been tightening up its rules for some time. I dropped Netflix after whoever is in the group that decides policy for Netflix decided that Hurricane Electric's IPv6 tunnels are "a VPN" that is being used to circumvent Netflix's location checks with no warning. (I'm aware of the DNS tricks I can do to only return IPv4 addresses in response to queries for the netflix.com zone. I choose not to do them and, instead, to not avail myself of Netflix's content.)

topranks 9y ago
Yeah they seem to be moving to newer, platform based security/drm models across the board. For instance my HTPC has an Nvidia 1050ti card and can do UHD colour 4k output. I can play UHD test files just fine. But the Netflix app won't show me 4K content as they require you to have a Kaby Lake CPU, which has some new hardware DRM module built in.
- andrewmd5 9y ago
  They also want you to use Edge or their UWP app just to be able to get 1080p content, because of DRM.
- qb45 9y ago
  Oh, the Intel Management Engine :) Now quite a lot of eyes are on it after the recently discovered AMT vulnerability so we will see how good this DRM thing is in practice. Can't way for the day Netflix will start demanding running the latest BIOS version to patch DRM bugs.
- josteink 9y ago
  > Netflix app won't show me 4K content as they require you to have a Kaby Lake CPU, So we've gone from "this website works best in Netscape", to "this website works everywhere" to "this app requires you to have a specific motherboard". Sure sounds like progress. Who do we have to thank for this?
  - nol13 9y ago
    the man! (i just have no idea how to get enough people to care about this kind of stuff to matter, and even if I'm the one people come to for recommendations, I can't in good conscious recommend the platform/device where netflix won't work)
- MikusR 9y ago
  http://www.anandtech.com/show/11306/nvidia-netflix-4k-pc-preview-launched http://www.anandtech.com/show/11306/nvidia-netflix-4k-pc-pre...

topranks 9y ago

Yeah they seem to be moving to newer, platform based security/drm models across the board. For instance my HTPC has an Nvidia 1050ti card and can do UHD colour 4k output. I can play UHD test files just fine. But the Netflix app won't show me 4K content as they require you to have a Kaby Lake CPU, which has some new hardware DRM module built in.

andrewmd5 9y ago
They also want you to use Edge or their UWP app just to be able to get 1080p content, because of DRM.
qb45 9y ago
Oh, the Intel Management Engine :) Now quite a lot of eyes are on it after the recently discovered AMT vulnerability so we will see how good this DRM thing is in practice. Can't way for the day Netflix will start demanding running the latest BIOS version to patch DRM bugs.
josteink 9y ago
> Netflix app won't show me 4K content as they require you to have a Kaby Lake CPU, So we've gone from "this website works best in Netscape", to "this website works everywhere" to "this app requires you to have a specific motherboard". Sure sounds like progress. Who do we have to thank for this?
- nol13 9y ago
  the man! (i just have no idea how to get enough people to care about this kind of stuff to matter, and even if I'm the one people come to for recommendations, I can't in good conscious recommend the platform/device where netflix won't work)
MikusR 9y ago
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11306/nvidia-netflix-4k-pc-preview-launched http://www.anandtech.com/show/11306/nvidia-netflix-4k-pc-pre...