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So finally Netflix is going to have to move away from Silverlight.

• scott_karana 12y ago
  I was encouraged by that too, but I suspect Silverlight just got ported to NaCL... (or whatever else Chrome plugins are supposed to use)
  • dragonwriter 12y ago
    I suspect -- as it already does on Chromebooks -- Netflix will just use HTML5 video with DRM through EME on Chrome everywhere Netflix is supported once NPAPI support ends.
• jevinskie 12y ago
  I was wondering this as well. Does Netflix already support playback without Silverlight on Chrome using a <video> CDM? What is going to happen to Java applets? You must use a different browser?
  • girvo 12y ago
    I don't think Java applets are integrated using NPAPI?
    • gcp 12y ago
      They are.
  • gcp 12y ago
    What is going to happen to Java applets? You must use a different browser? Firefox is now blocking Java by default. Java on the web is dead, killed by Oracle and JavaScript.
• mcpherrinm 12y ago
  There's a reason Netflix's name is on the encrypted media extensions W3C document. As best I can tell, the whole DRM for HTML5 is basically centered around Netflix wanting to go HTML5 but not being able to ditch DRM.