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Netflix Using HTML5 Video For ARM Chromebook

Posted by Unknown on from the shiny-new-antifeatures dept.

sfcrazy writes "Netflix is using HTML5 video streaming instead of using Microsoft's Silverlight on Chromebooks (which now supports DRM for HTML5). Recently Google enabled the much controversial DRM support for HTML5 in Chrome OS to bring services like Netflix to Chromebooks using HTML5." Still no word on general support for GNU/Linux, but x86 or ARM, what's the difference? (If you're ok with DRM at least.)

3 of 232 comments (clear)

  1. Re:and if you're not by cheater512 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What do you mean? Their products are easily accessible DRM free.

    Jeez with the number of times The Pirate Bay and the rest of them get mentioned on Slashdot I'm surprised more people don't know about torrents. :P

  2. Re:Risk of being sued for copyright infringement by node+3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, they keep driving them, but they wouldn't download a car.

  3. Re:Chrome sync is dangerous. by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 5, Funny

    It brought all my bookmarks on to his machine!. So I deleted them in his machine, then they were also gone from my account in my Chromebook. Not only that all HIS bookmarks were on my machine. I deleted them. Then I found all my saved web passwords were on his machine! This screw up after bragging about two factor authentication.

    You didn't disable Sync on his machine before deleting?