How long before it breaks?
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| cmost Nov 17, 2012 12:45 PM EDT |
I don't understand why Netflix cannot simply release a native Linux client. Linux has been growing in recent years and with the popularity of Android (Linux based) it seems feasible. My money is on some restriction mandated by Microsoft that prevents Netflix from releasing a Linux client. Microsoft could in fact solve the problem by simply releasing a native Silverlight plugin for Linux. |
| BernardSwiss Nov 17, 2012 5:11 PM EDT |
> I don't understand why Netflix cannot simply release a native Linux client. Because if Netflx were to do something that sensible, the big film studios, media conglomerates and MPAA members/representatives would be even more reluctant to do business with Netflix than they are still, now (in fact, they'd probably stop doing business with Netflix, entirely). The movie industry has this weird idée fixe that letting services like this run on desktop Linux systems would inevitably create a sort of "piracy" problem, and you'd (they'd) end up with DRM-stripped movies being downloaded or bit-torrented left right and centre all over the internet. :P Of course, that would be awful -- it would utterly destroy the movie industry, like the music industry was, (or even worse, they might have to adapt their business model to the modern world). Obviously this simply must not be allowed to happen. So we aren't going to see Netflix or the like on Linux desktops for a long time, until the "Intellectual Property" holders can figure out how to prevent illegal copies from getting out there on the Wild Wild Web. :P |
| number6x Nov 17, 2012 6:22 PM EDT |
Netflix has a client that runs on Roku and Roku runs Linux. Therefore, Netflix already has a solution for Linux. There must be a reason they do not release it for general Linux use, even as a binary. They should be able to compile it on any linux architecture and release it. |
| BernardSwiss Nov 17, 2012 7:50 PM EDT |
Quoting: Netflix has a client that runs on Roku and Roku runs Linux. Yes, but those are commercial products, which consequently don't trigger MPAA's phobic reactions (or at least, not so badly that a judicious combination of anti-histamines and soothing assurances are ineffective treatment). |
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