Firefox 49 For Linux Will Ship With Plug-in Free Netflix, Amazon Prime Video Support (mozilla.org)

Posted by msmash on Monday August 15, 2016 @02:43AM from the plug-in-free-world dept.

Reader LichtSpektren writes: Widevine, the media protocol that allows users to watch videos on Netflix, is supported in Firefox for Windows and macOS. But until now, its users on Linux were required to use a plug-in. That changes with v49, which offers out-of-the-box support for Netflix.Mozilla plans to offer plug-in streaming for Netflix as well as Amazon Prime Video and other similar services. The v49 will be available on Linux in September. Mozilla adds that it will be removing support for NPAPI plugins from its browser in the near future, plugins that some video streaming sites rely on for playback. "Mozilla plan to support the Widevine CDM on Linux, letting users watch Netflix without plugins," the company said.

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Not plugin free by Carewolf · 2016-08-15 02:48 · Score: 4, Informative

If they switch from NPAPI to CDM, that does not make them plugin-free. CDM is based on plugins and Widivine is a plugin.
1. Re:Not plugin free by roca · 2016-08-15 08:36 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  "The browser should be..." Sure! But it turns out that Hollywood won't let you play their movies in such a browser :-(.
  If you want Firefox to be that browser, just uncheck "play DRM content" in the preferences and you're all good.
Re:How to remove plugin? by tepples · 2016-08-15 04:25 · Score: 4, Informative

Hamburger menu > Preferences (or Options) > Content > Play DRM content
Turn it off and no CDM will run.