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Apple uses Widevine for Apple TV content not Fairplay, maybe ever since they licensed Apple TV on non-Apple televisions?
Apple TV+ also lets you stream through a web browser, though that's their least-publicized delivery method.
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That typically didn't work very well, as there was crude anti-copying tech in most VHS consumer machines.
macro block, a.k.a. MacroVision. as a child I knew a guy that knew how to make the recording VCR record those properly, though I don't know how it was done.
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If you try and screenshot or use something like OBS on Windows you just get a black box on top of the media content. Is that not the case using that solution?
There is no protected media path on Linux. It always works there.
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That typically didn't work very well, as there was crude anti-copying tech in most VHS consumer machines.
macro block, a.k.a. MacroVision. as a child I knew a guy that knew how to make the recording VCR record those properly, though I don't know how it was done.
Cable TV "scrambling" was similar back in the day as well. It wasn't so much that the signal was "encrypted" as it was "modified" in such a way it wouldn't play on a normal tv anymore. Over time they could modify the scrambling technique so that any box you did buy to descramble a signal would be worthless in a few months when they changed the method.
The only way to really descramble Pay TV was to be an electronics guy who could reconstruct the video signal. Usually you needed the minimum of an oscilloscope to analyze the timing signals, and then the ability to create a circuit to fix it -- it wasn't exactly easy.
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Amazon and Apple lure you in but many shows it seems need to be rented or bought. How much disposable income do these companies think the average Joe has to spend? the answer seems to be $10 to $20 to rent or "buy" movies. Which you never own a physical copy of. They seem to be out of touch with reality.
If they’re out of touch with reality, there will be a price adjustment or they’ll fail. Something tells me they’ve done the research to determine what the average person will pay. Looking at some newer films rentals are $4-$6 and “buying” $8-$15. Probably more for really new releases. $4 for a rental isn’t bad compared to renting a VHS or DVD at Blockbuster a few years ago. Compared to taking a few adults and kids to…
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There has never been a better time to be a consumer of home media than today. I wouldn't trade the (legal) access I have to essentially any film or TV show I can imagine wanting to watch for any conceivable bookshelf full of DVDs. The Blockbuster Video and Comcast Premium Channel Package era was no more cost effective, and things just get worse as you go further back in time.
I used to live next to a DVD rental place that was 1€ per day. Often I would return the movie the same night. I used to watch 1-2 movies per month. Nowadays I have Netflix for what, 12€ a month? I still watch maybe one movie a month. So I guess I pay ~10x for not having to step outside?
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Amazon and Apple lure you in but many shows it seems need to be rented or bought. How much disposable income do these companies think the average Joe has to spend? the answer seems to be $10 to $20 to rent or "buy" movies. Which you never own a physical copy of. They seem to be out of touch with reality.
Amazon should offer an NFT of a physical copy for each streamed movie you buy. Then they could also sell that physical copy to another consumer. It’s a win-win!
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There has never been a better time to be a consumer of home media than today. I wouldn't trade the (legal) access I have to essentially any film or TV show I can imagine wanting to watch for any conceivable bookshelf full of DVDs. The Blockbuster Video and Comcast Premium Channel Package era was no more cost effective, and things just get worse as you go further back in time.
I used to live next to a DVD rental place that was 1€ per day. Often I would return the movie the same night. I used to watch 1-2 movies per month. Nowadays I have Netflix for what, 12€ a month? I still watch maybe one movie a month. So I guess I pay ~10x for not having to step outside?