So you missed the part of the post where I said "Video right holders have never allowed their content to be delivered without copy protections."?
Netflix was completely incompatible with PC operating systems that didn't run Silverlight. Netflix is nowe incompatible with operating systems that don't support the required DRM -- which is now a greater subset of operating systems.
> Netflix was completely incompatible with PC operating systems that didn't run Silverlight. Netflix is nowe incompatible with operating systems that don't support the required DRM
Meanwhile HTML has moved from being a completely open specification implementable by anyone and everyone who wanted to, to being closed.
Now it's reduced to being available only on that tiny subset you mentioned. Only companies and platforms blessed by Hollywood can implement a fully compliant HTML engine.
The open web enabled alternate OSes like Linux, Mac, iOS and Android. This change effectively means there won't be any new alternate OSes in future. The innovation ends here.
That's a huge fucking loss. And Netflix is not worth that loss.
They can make an app like everyone fucking else. Like they already do for all platforms not PC. I fail to see what the big problem is.
HTML may have been an open standard, but if Netflix did decide to use a DRM format, what format would they use more than likely? h.264. A video format that can't be used in an open source browser because of patent issues.
> So you missed the part of the post where I said "Video right holders have never allowed their content to be delivered without copy protections."?
No, but I kind of ignored it as that argument is irrelevant. What they've always done has no bearing on the situation. It was illogical then, and it's illogical now. Nothing has changed.
Yeah, they are compatible with more systems, but at the cost of screwing up the standard. Just because it's no longer tied to Silverlight is irrelevant. None of that refutes any of my arguments. They could just throw their weight around release the videos DRM free and be done with it, but they choose not to.
No, but I kind of ignored it as that argument is irrelevant. What they've always done has no bearing on the situation
So I might want to adjust my comment even though you admittedly ignored what I said and the context I said it in?
Saying it's illogical to put DRM on content because it can be broken is just as illogical as saying it is illogical to lock your car door because a thief can break the window.
What "weight" does Netflix have against the entire movie and music industry?
Netflix was completely incompatible with PC operating systems that didn't run Silverlight. Netflix is nowe incompatible with operating systems that don't support the required DRM -- which is now a greater subset of operating systems.