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But it doesn’t prevent it from being pirated at all. You can get any Netflix release you want within minutes of release on any torrent site. Sometimes before th

But it doesn’t prevent it from being pirated at all. You can get any Netflix release you want within minutes of release on any torrent site. Sometimes before the official release even. It just makes normal people jump through hoops to watch the things they are trying to pay for. That’s a DRM issue in general though, I acknowledge this isn’t just a Netflix thing.

seanw444 4y ago
And I will stick to getting it that way for as long as DRM exists on the given platform. I'll still pay for the subscription, but I'm handling the data my way.
- KronisLV 4y ago
  > I'll still pay for the subscription, but I'm handling the data my way. Huh, that's an interesting take. I feel like something similar might end up being what you need to do with certain video games as well. For example, I bought Grand Theft Auto IV as a boxed copy back when it came out (though most of my games are digital now). The problem is that the game expects Games For Windows Live to be present, which is now deprecated and some folks out there can't even launch the game anymore. It's pretty obvious what one of the solutions here is.
- webmobdev 4y ago
  Me too. Especially because these same DRM will soon be used to uniquely identify and profile you when these streamers also become an ad platform.
  - judge2020 4y ago
    What does DRM have to do with this? They'll connect what you watch on Peacock with what you watch on Netflix on your computer? Do you have a reference?
    - webmobdev 4y ago
      DRM can be used to uniquely identify your device. An example of using DRM for tracking in Android: > When a device uses DRM for the first time, a device provisioning occurs, which means that the device will obtain a unique certificate and it will be stored in the DRM service of the device ... This provisioning profile has a unique ID, and you can obtain it with a simple call. This ID is not only the same on all apps, but also it is the same for all users of the device. So a guest account, for example, will also obtain the same ID, as opposed to the ANDROID_ID. Source: https://beltran.work/blog/2018-03-27-device-unique-id-android/ https://beltran.work/blog/2018-03-27-device-unique-id-androi...

seanw444 4y ago

And I will stick to getting it that way for as long as DRM exists on the given platform. I'll still pay for the subscription, but I'm handling the data my way.

KronisLV 4y ago
> I'll still pay for the subscription, but I'm handling the data my way. Huh, that's an interesting take. I feel like something similar might end up being what you need to do with certain video games as well. For example, I bought Grand Theft Auto IV as a boxed copy back when it came out (though most of my games are digital now). The problem is that the game expects Games For Windows Live to be present, which is now deprecated and some folks out there can't even launch the game anymore. It's pretty obvious what one of the solutions here is.
webmobdev 4y ago
Me too. Especially because these same DRM will soon be used to uniquely identify and profile you when these streamers also become an ad platform.
- judge2020 4y ago
  What does DRM have to do with this? They'll connect what you watch on Peacock with what you watch on Netflix on your computer? Do you have a reference?
  - webmobdev 4y ago
    DRM can be used to uniquely identify your device. An example of using DRM for tracking in Android: > When a device uses DRM for the first time, a device provisioning occurs, which means that the device will obtain a unique certificate and it will be stored in the DRM service of the device ... This provisioning profile has a unique ID, and you can obtain it with a simple call. This ID is not only the same on all apps, but also it is the same for all users of the device. So a guest account, for example, will also obtain the same ID, as opposed to the ANDROID_ID. Source: https://beltran.work/blog/2018-03-27-device-unique-id-android/ https://beltran.work/blog/2018-03-27-device-unique-id-androi...