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> Because not doing so concedes this type of market to Microsoft. Bullshit. 1) I am able to gleefully avoid it these days, but in the past flash worked with L
by jlgreco 13y ago
> Because not doing so concedes this type of market to Microsoft.
Bullshit.
1) I am able to gleefully avoid it these days, but in the past flash worked with Linux. Furthermore, all relevant DRM systems work with Apple devices including OSX. Netflix works on Android, and on Google's ChromeOS.
2) Even if it did, who gives a shit? I'd rather have people who absolutely must watch netflix on their laptop do it with windows than have the standard dirtied with this shit.
3) Nothing about this shit being added to the standard will make Netflix work on Linux with open-source browsers anyway.
You are high if you think this will allow you to use Netflix on your GNU/Linux box. Netflix already has their shit working with google-chrome, on a Linux kernel, in ChromeOS (Linux, but not "GNUy", for lack of better terminology). They don't allow that to work with regular GNU/Linux because they don't trust the rest of the stack to keep their precious bits secret.
- VonGuard 13y ago1, 2 good for you. 3 is EXACTLY what this is about, actually. Read about VP9.
- jlgreco 13y agoVP9 has nothing to do with this. Why would netflix build their CDM for Linux? (They wouldn't, and they won't.)
- quaint- 13y agoNetflix actually already "works" in Linux, or at least did back when I last looked it up, and most probably their CDM would as well. I'm of course speaking of using wine. (Having not actually tested the solution, I cannot verify it nor tell about its shortcomings.) Or perhaps they would rely on secure/trusted path this time. I doubt that - the hardware simply isn't there for their customers. Anyhow, I certainly wouldn't want W3C to endorse any type of DRM, or have them make it easier to abuse DRM. It's a good thing that Flash and Silverlight are restricted to PCs. It's a good thing that plugins annoy people; it makes them less desirable. We really shouldn't be building a new framework for plugins on all platforms. Furthermore, I'd like to assure everyone reading this that DRM-free media is (still) thriving on the Internet. It's unfortunate that some people fail to play along; this only means that money doesn't go to the right people even if it's their media that's being exchanged.
- lucian1900 13y agoNetflix only sort of maybe works with Wine + Firefox. If you're lucky.