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The way Apple have implemented region localisation on the App Store is very bad. You basically have to nuke your whole account to change regions, and that inclu

The way Apple have implemented region localisation on the App Store is very bad. You basically have to nuke your whole account to change regions, and that includes losing all your subscriptions (if you have any annual subscriptions that’s just too bad for you). So if you spend time between two counties, and need a region locked app in each one, there’s actually no workable solution. Your explanation for the anti-screen shot DRM doesn’t hold up very well either. I don’t know of any streaming app that doesn’t also have a website that I can take screenshots (as well as full screen captures) on, so it’s clearly not a content licensing requirement.

charcircuit 3y ago
>I don’t know of any streaming app that doesn’t also have a website that I can take screenshots (as well as full screen captures) on Your browser does not have DRM support which typically means you are not sent the full quality videos. And not all media apps have a website. Not every app that I am talking about are from massive companies that can support making apps and a website.
- AmericanChopper 3y ago
  > Your browser does not have DRM support which typically means you are not sent the full quality videos To take this argument seriously I’d need you to provide some examples. I use some of the bis streaming services, and they all stream full high quality media to my laptop. Which are the ones that don’t? > And not all media apps have a website. Again, examples? Every streaming app that’s ever blocked me from taking a screenshot has also had a streaming website. What portion of the market licenses content with a requirement to use DRM to block screenshots?
  - dagmx 3y ago
    Netflix won’t send your browser high resolution video unless your browser supports Widevine. Typically it’ll restrict you to 480p iirc.
    - AmericanChopper 3y ago
      Which doesn’t prevent you from taking screenshots… (and doesn’t make it especially difficult to just capture the whole stream either) This whole screenshot point is silly to begin with, because screenshots aren’t a form of piracy or copyright infringement.
      - dagmx 3y ago
        It prevents you from taking high resolution recordings , whether they’re screenshots or video. You either take a low resolution capture or the DRM layer prevents content from being displayed when recording. The legality of the subject is not something I’m talking about. You just asked for examples and I provided them.
        AmericanChopper 3y ago
        For starters, it does nothing at all to prevent taking screen shots. Which is what this thread is about. As for high quality video capture, it is trivially easy to do. How do you think high quality copies of Netflix-only content ends up on the pirate bay they same day it comes out?
        progbits 3y ago
        Yes it does. HD Netflix in Chrome, Edge or Safari will result in black rectangle when you screenshot it.
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        dagmx 3y ago
        Yes it does prevent taking screenshots of high resolution playback. Your options become low resolution capture or nothing. High quality captures are still possible if you connect an external capture device coupled with something that provides the necessary drm authentication or you need a software based drm defeat. Neither are “trivial” as you say.
petesergeant 3y ago
Yah, this works terribly for expats. A warning should be sufficient for non-DRM content, and for DRM content just use the Netflix model of “we’ll show you content you can see based on where you are right now”. Being locked out of Starbucks Thailand app because I don’t want to change my whole iTunes account is ridiculous.

charcircuit 3y ago

>I don’t know of any streaming app that doesn’t also have a website that I can take screenshots (as well as full screen captures) on Your browser does not have DRM support which typically means you are not sent the full quality videos. And not all media apps have a website. Not every app that I am talking about are from massive companies that can support making apps and a website.

AmericanChopper 3y ago
> Your browser does not have DRM support which typically means you are not sent the full quality videos To take this argument seriously I’d need you to provide some examples. I use some of the bis streaming services, and they all stream full high quality media to my laptop. Which are the ones that don’t? > And not all media apps have a website. Again, examples? Every streaming app that’s ever blocked me from taking a screenshot has also had a streaming website. What portion of the market licenses content with a requirement to use DRM to block screenshots?
- dagmx 3y ago
  Netflix won’t send your browser high resolution video unless your browser supports Widevine. Typically it’ll restrict you to 480p iirc.
  - AmericanChopper 3y ago
    Which doesn’t prevent you from taking screenshots… (and doesn’t make it especially difficult to just capture the whole stream either) This whole screenshot point is silly to begin with, because screenshots aren’t a form of piracy or copyright infringement.
    - dagmx 3y ago
      It prevents you from taking high resolution recordings , whether they’re screenshots or video. You either take a low resolution capture or the DRM layer prevents content from being displayed when recording. The legality of the subject is not something I’m talking about. You just asked for examples and I provided them.
      - AmericanChopper 3y ago
        For starters, it does nothing at all to prevent taking screen shots. Which is what this thread is about. As for high quality video capture, it is trivially easy to do. How do you think high quality copies of Netflix-only content ends up on the pirate bay they same day it comes out?
        progbits 3y ago
        Yes it does. HD Netflix in Chrome, Edge or Safari will result in black rectangle when you screenshot it.
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        dagmx 3y ago
        Yes it does prevent taking screenshots of high resolution playback. Your options become low resolution capture or nothing. High quality captures are still possible if you connect an external capture device coupled with something that provides the necessary drm authentication or you need a software based drm defeat. Neither are “trivial” as you say.

petesergeant 3y ago

Yah, this works terribly for expats. A warning should be sufficient for non-DRM content, and for DRM content just use the Netflix model of “we’ll show you content you can see based on where you are right now”. Being locked out of Starbucks Thailand app because I don’t want to change my whole iTunes account is ridiculous.