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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 binarylarry · · Score: 0, Troll

    Reed Hastings, the douche who runs netfix, is a huge microsoftie.

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  2. Re: Why is by Opportunist · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yes, it is. Ripping someone off who tried to be fair to you is unethical. Ripping someone off who tried to rip you off isn't.

    You might see the difference.

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  3. Re: Why is by Opportunist · · Score: 1, Troll

    I guess ethical is as much a matter of personal perception and preference as art is.

    Personally, I don't consider it unethical to rip someone off who tried to rip me off. I won't start that kind of game, but I sure know how to play and win it.

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  4. Re: Why is by qpqp · · Score: 1, Troll

    And in those circumstances, you are the one being unethical.

    Here's a universal truth for you (i.e. no matter what the marketing and law shills are telling you, this applies at the base level).
    There are three main categories of freeloaders:

    1. 1. Those, who'd like to pay but didn't find a way (i.e. unavailable on netflix/itunes/etc.)
    2. 2. Those, who'd like to pay but didn't find a convenient way (i.e. DRM issues, different platform, too much of a hassle to register, not accepting , etc.)
    3. 3. Those, who won't pay as a matter of principle (i.e. "all copyright is bad")

    In all three cases, chances are that the person consuming a media product has friends who will be willing to go to lengths to pay for a specific product and get a collector's edition, because the freeloader told them that the product is worth consuming.

    Also, most true (for common values of true) artists, could't possibly care less if someone paid for their work or not, as long as they get as much exposure as possible. And if you do care, go to your studio/distributor/manager and tell them you're upset that categories one and two don't have a possibility to pay for your work, and/or sue them for the difference in missed opportunities.