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Netflix Now Works On Linux With HTML5 DRM Video Support In Chrome

Posted by timothy on from the better-than-impossible dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Beginning with the Chrome 38 Beta it's now possible to watch Netflix without any Wine/Silverlight plug-ins but will work natively using Chrome's DRM-HTML5 video capabilities with Netflix. The steps just involve using the latest beta of Chrome and an HTTP user-agent switcher to tell Netflix you're a Windows Chrome user, due to Netflix arbitrarily blocking the Linux build."

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  1. Re:Why is by VTBlue · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Linux user calling tech support...that's rich.

  2. Re:Why is by Richy_T · · Score: 4, Funny

    To the same kind of people who consider a lottery ticket an investment.

  3. Re:Why is by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, I've heard Linux users calling tech support all sort of things. Most of them not suitable for polite conversation, but still...

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  4. Re:Why is by ArcadeMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I could actually care less.

    That means you do care, at least a little.

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