> If Ubuntu, FirefoxOS, and CyanogenMod are locked out of watching Netflix but iOS and Windows work fine The status quo is that Linux users are already locked

> If Ubuntu, FirefoxOS, and CyanogenMod are locked out of watching Netflix but iOS and Windows work fine The status quo is that Linux users are already locked out of Netflix. The only reason that Cyanogenmod users aren't is because they can run the standard Android apk, which, incidentally, is a separate proprietary blob that Netflix had to write and produce on their own dime. I'd rather vendors be forced to ship proprietary binaries that they have to produce themselves than for them to offload the work onto open-source browsers (or, worse, be able to pressure open-source browsers to cripple their own functionality in order to preserve DRM). > If widespread restrictions are going to exist anyway, then it's strictly better for the interface to be standardized. If widespread restrictions are going to exist, it's better for them to be less convenient for everyone involved (both consumers and distributors), not more.