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There is no protected media path on Linux. It always works there.
by marcan_42 5y ago
There is no protected media path on Linux. It always works there.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- easton 5y agoWhich is why you get the 480p/720p low bitrate version instead of the 4K one on Netflix/Disney+.
- serf 5y agono, it's the motivation, not the reason. the reason why linux users get lower bitrate versions of media is that companies with a bit too much power decided to try to abuse the entirety of the PC world in order to slow the efforts of a very few pirates. it's a stupid untenable unwinnable arms-race that only results in poorer user experience and less and less user-liberty and choice across the board in order to slightly inconvenience a few bad actors, not stop them. Meanwhile a 10 dollar video dongle setup and a pirated Windows copy will easily meet most DRM requirements and still allow for easy piracy. These efforts (DRM schemes) are useless and anti-human, and most research from the 90s until now indicates that DRM enforcement does little for profit except for those that sell DRM solutions -- and that piracy increases social effect of released media; generally aiding sales and profitability.
- behringer 5y agodrm is not to control piracy but to control legitimate ownership.
- tshaddox 5y agoIt’s actually to control the manufacturers of legitimate hardware and software involved in playing back media. They know that anyone who wants to can pirate their stuff, and they’re not going to go after them. But legit companies can’t just sell HDMI splitters, capture cards, etc. that strip DRM.
- shmerl 5y agoDRM is to control, that's about it. Whether it's ownership or whatever is already irrelevant. For example DRM can be used to control the market (as an anti-competitive measure). In practice, DRM never has a good reason.
- agumonkey 5y agoI'm so fine with 480p
- throwawayboise 5y agoAgreed. I often don't get more than this from streaming services, due to bandwidth congestion.
- agumonkey 5y agoI'm not the happiest of dudes, that's for context, but I have this feeling that people are hiding something.. binging tv shows all the time, new video games all the time, waiting for the new console. It seems like a neverending chase of new shallow fun they don't even really like. Maybe simpler but deeper moments would improve things.
- agumonkey 5y agoWoops wrong reply.
- jimmydorry 5y agoI only get the 720p regardless on my Win10 PC
- madacol 5y agoHow do they know you are using linux?, user-agent is easy to mask
- easton 5y agoWhen they can't communicate with the "secured execution environment" they fall back to the lower quality stream. It requires some stuff on the OS level to make it work which Linux doesn't have (or at least, Linux browsers don't support properly outside of Chrome OS).
- tomrod 5y agoThis is why Peacock blocks Linux wholesale, I suspect.