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Probably not. Moonlight doesn't have the DRM necessary (and won't - MS has no intention of releasing it on Linux) and Netflix doesn't use Silverlight/MS DRM on
by aplusbi 15y ago
Probably not. Moonlight doesn't have the DRM necessary (and won't - MS has no intention of releasing it on Linux) and Netflix doesn't use Silverlight/MS DRM on phones anyway (AFAIK).
From what I understand, on the iPhone/iPad Netflix uses the DRM built into the device. Since Android phones are built by several different manufacturers there is no uniformity in hardware DRM (and some phones don't have any at all). I imagine that it's easier to get content providers to agree to use hardware DRM than software DRM which further complicates the issue.
- jstedfast 15y agoWell, if that's the case (Netflix taking advantage of the DRM built into the phones), then there's no reason Moonlight for Android can't take advantage of that, too. Also, Microsoft has licensed their DRM for Linux on embedded devices in the past.
- aplusbi 15y agoYes, but since Netflix doesn't use Silverlight for the iPhone/iPad it's not like it's going to make a difference one way or another. MS has licensed their DRM, but they will not license it for use with Moonlight. From my understanding, the licensing they have done has generally for hardware (the NXP chip in the Roku box, for example).
- tzs 15y ago> MS has no intention of releasing it on Linux More likely it is the content owners who have no intention of licensing the DRM for Linux.
- bogomips 15y agoThere is no DRM in the hardware of the iPhone/iPad. It is absolutely no better than the worst Android device, and there are available cracks to rip Netflix streams on a jailbroken iOS device. However there is the illusion of security in that it is a supposedly closed system. As Android is arguably open, that illusion doesn't hold.