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The irony here is that if Netflix supported linux, it would likely be via Ubuntu only, and then a bunch of linux users with their own favorite blend of Linux wo
by programminggeek 14y ago
The irony here is that if Netflix supported linux, it would likely be via Ubuntu only, and then a bunch of linux users with their own favorite blend of Linux would freak out and it would turn into a potential PR nightmare because Netflix "isn't open enough" and RMS or others would talk about how evil Netfix is for not supporting DRM free truly open technologies and so on and so forth.
Also, the people who want Netflix for Linux already can get it on iOS, Android Xbox 360, PS3, Roku, Windows, Mac, ChromeOS, Apple TV, and on and on and on, so how many more Netflix subscribers are going to join that haven't already? Is that going to be enough money to offset the extra support costs as well as the likely PR nightmare described above?
- jiggy2011 14y agoRMS thinks that they are evil already. If it works on Ubuntu it can probably be ported easy enough. However maybe they are worried about getting support calls from people running Fluxbox?
- pasbesoin 14y agoThe irony is that Netflix has depended upon the "Linux ecosystem" for its technical existence. They're better than some, but spend a few years in real "corporate" environments, and you'll experience first hand a surfeit of such "taking, not giving" attitudes. If Netflix is merely the middleman, I nonetheless increasingly am coming to view them as an enabler of some very selfish people, people inhibiting and destructing our society in the pursuit of their own self-interests.