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Why There's Still No Netflix App For Android

Posted by timothy on from the wouldn't-exactly-say-I-was-missing-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Why is there a Netflix app for iOS devices and Windows Phone 7, yet no Netflix support for Android? Well, Netflix has been working on an Android app but has run into a few technical hurdles because Android lacks a universal DRM solution which means that the company has to work with different handset manufacturers separately in order to ensure that the installed DRM protocol meets the requirements laid out by the movie studios."

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  1. 50 Ways by lennier · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Grab the .swf, Jeff
    Google *.ru, Stu
    Just use DeCSS, Tess
    There must be
    50 ways to get a movie

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