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There is also no reason to think that these binary blobs will be built for platforms that the video providers have not given two shits about in the past. Anyon
by jlgreco 13y ago
There is also no reason to think that these binary blobs will be built for platforms that the video providers have not given two shits about in the past. Anyone who is supporting this stuff because they think it will get them Netflix on a GNU/Linux desktop (not ChromeOS or Android) is crazy. That's not what this does, and they don't care about supporting us.
- makomk 13y agoSo far, Google's binary DRM blob isn't just restricted to ChromeOS either; it only runs on official Chromebooks running the official Google-provided image that haven't been rooted.
- cookiecaper 13y agoAFAIK it doesn't care if your Chromebook is rooted. My Glacier Snow Chromebook is "rooted" and Netflix (the reason we bought it) continues to work well on it.
- gizmo686 13y agoIsn't ChromeOS running on GNU/Linux?
- jlgreco 13y agoChromeOS runs on a Linux kernel, but the entire experience is very different from what you would normally expect from a Linux distro. I call the more recognizable distros "GNU/Linux" to differentiate.
- renanbirck 13y agoMaybe, but quite a few stuff (enough to implement DRM) is different.