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Is this just "Person discovers DRM, c. 2026" dressed up as a complaint about Apple?

_hyn3 5mo ago
Only if you are solely an Apple user, because it's literally not a problem anywhere else. I've taken tons of photos of movies with my Pixels.
- iknowstuff 5mo ago
  https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/comments/5biobx/is_there_a_way_to_screenshot_netflix/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/comments/5biobx/is...
- theodric 5mo ago
  My Pixel 8a also blocks screenshots of DRM content. The analog hole remains gaping: pause the movie on your MacBook, and take a picture of the screen with your iPhone.
- nickv 5mo ago
  You have definitely not. Go ahead, try taking a screenshot of a movie playing on Netflix on your pixel right now.
  - _hyn3 5mo ago
    I said movies. As in, the movie theater. I cancelled Netflix years ago.
cloverich 5mo ago
That's a bit disingenuous isn't it? Being unable to use any screenshot tool to capture an image on my laptop's browser was surprising to me, yes. Or are you arguing that Apple's implementations are no more restrictive than on any linux machine, so as such there is no case to be made for anything DRM related that a non-Apple device is superior (less limiting) in any way? Or... I suppose what is your actual argument here?
- nozzlegear 5mo ago
  No I don't think it's disingenuous – indeed, it seemed to me that you were being disingenuous. My actual argument is that you're confusing Netflix's use of DRM for "Apple's implementation," without acknowledging that you'd have this exact same problem on Windows and Android devices. That Linux doesn't have it is just testament to the fact that hardly anyone, comparatively speaking, actually uses Linux as a daily driver (and, notably, Netflix doesn't let you watch high definition video on Linux anyway).
  - bigyabai 5mo ago
    No DRM on my machine. You must be holding it wrong?
    - nozzlegear 5mo ago
      I'm not interested in dragging my eyelids over whatever esoteric setup notorious Apple shittalker bigyabai uses to feel haughty when dispensing cherry-picked bullshit on HN. Move on.
      - bigyabai 5mo ago
        That must suck. I have no reservations challenging unqualified ideologues over their selfish platitudes, you should try it sometime. Have fun defending DRM requirements, and thank you for subsidizing my 4k Netflix torrents!
        nozzlegear 5mo ago
        If you review what I've said above, I think you'll be hard pressed to make an argument that I'm actually defending DRM. Instead, I think you saw someone say something not negative about Apple and that activated your own "unqualified ideologue", causing you to jump into the conversation with some blithe Steve Jobs quote. Nobody gives a shit that you can run arch or gentoo or whatever, and configure it just so to get around Netflix's DRM. Superfluous details, not germane to the conversation. > and thank you for subsidizing my 4k Netflix torrents! I don't watch or pay for Netflix lol

_hyn3 5mo ago

Only if you are solely an Apple user, because it's literally not a problem anywhere else. I've taken tons of photos of movies with my Pixels.

iknowstuff 5mo ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/comments/5biobx/is_there_a_way_to_screenshot_netflix/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/comments/5biobx/is...
theodric 5mo ago
My Pixel 8a also blocks screenshots of DRM content. The analog hole remains gaping: pause the movie on your MacBook, and take a picture of the screen with your iPhone.
nickv 5mo ago
You have definitely not. Go ahead, try taking a screenshot of a movie playing on Netflix on your pixel right now.
- _hyn3 5mo ago
  I said movies. As in, the movie theater. I cancelled Netflix years ago.

cloverich 5mo ago

That's a bit disingenuous isn't it? Being unable to use any screenshot tool to capture an image on my laptop's browser was surprising to me, yes. Or are you arguing that Apple's implementations are no more restrictive than on any linux machine, so as such there is no case to be made for anything DRM related that a non-Apple device is superior (less limiting) in any way? Or... I suppose what is your actual argument here?

nozzlegear 5mo ago
No I don't think it's disingenuous – indeed, it seemed to me that you were being disingenuous. My actual argument is that you're confusing Netflix's use of DRM for "Apple's implementation," without acknowledging that you'd have this exact same problem on Windows and Android devices. That Linux doesn't have it is just testament to the fact that hardly anyone, comparatively speaking, actually uses Linux as a daily driver (and, notably, Netflix doesn't let you watch high definition video on Linux anyway).
- bigyabai 5mo ago
  No DRM on my machine. You must be holding it wrong?
  - nozzlegear 5mo ago
    I'm not interested in dragging my eyelids over whatever esoteric setup notorious Apple shittalker bigyabai uses to feel haughty when dispensing cherry-picked bullshit on HN. Move on.
    - bigyabai 5mo ago
      That must suck. I have no reservations challenging unqualified ideologues over their selfish platitudes, you should try it sometime. Have fun defending DRM requirements, and thank you for subsidizing my 4k Netflix torrents!
      - nozzlegear 5mo ago
        If you review what I've said above, I think you'll be hard pressed to make an argument that I'm actually defending DRM. Instead, I think you saw someone say something not negative about Apple and that activated your own "unqualified ideologue", causing you to jump into the conversation with some blithe Steve Jobs quote. Nobody gives a shit that you can run arch or gentoo or whatever, and configure it just so to get around Netflix's DRM. Superfluous details, not germane to the conversation. > and thank you for subsidizing my 4k Netflix torrents! I don't watch or pay for Netflix lol