Fuck DRM. Seriously.
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#32PlayOn is on sale for $50 right now: https://www.playon.tv/playlater Browse/download any streaming service (that you have access to) easily - I love it.
Isn't BitTorrent still free?
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#33Looks like it's only available for smartphones and tablets, not for computers. Probably because on smartphones and tables they have their own app and don't have to rely on a browser.
> Probably because on smartphones and tables they have their own app and don't have to rely on a browser.
But then they have to rely on the OS instead. Not sure what is better.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Too bad they couldn't make it a chrome extension or something at least
Can someone please explain why this comment is being downvoted? Is it not feasible or is that stupid in some way? I'd just like to know if the downvotes are from a technical perspective.
DRM relies on handing the ciphertext, a decryption program, and the key to the opponent, and then telling them not to use it except when they are allowed to use it.
If your browser is in charge of running the storage of the ciphertext and the decryption, it is much easier to debug it and apply a patch that will store the plaintext than if you have to do this all in an Android emulator as well.
But either way: DRM doesn't work for long.
In the meantime, Netflix is providing enough value for me that I happily pay their monthly fee and don't bother looking for ways to break their DRM.
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#35While this is great and very usable, especially for people with limited data plans, I can't help but feel disappointed that simple offline caching of content is still considered a major feature in 2016. Without DRM, this would be a no-brainer.
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#37Looks like it's only available for smartphones and tablets, not for computers. Probably because on smartphones and tables they have their own app and don't have to rely on a browser.
> Probably because on smartphones and tables they have their own app and don't have to rely on a browser. But then they have to rely on the OS instead. Not sure what is better.
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#38Seems like only a limited selection is available offline.
From the article: "For example, Orange is The New Black, Narcos and The Crown are available for download today."
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#39What kind of DRM would they use to store local copies? EDIT: On Android 7.1 VLC for Android, was able to "open" (duration etc) a large file I found in Netflix directory (.hidden), though not decode sound or video. There were two smaller files besides I suspect are audio tracks. And several other very small files, subtitles maybe.
On the Kindle Fire we had a "secure enclave" bit of hardware so the files were encrypted with a key that was hard/impossible for users to get. I don't think regular android has anything like that, but they might use Widevine or something similar