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Seems 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."
Looks 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.
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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 doe…
Looks 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.
what if you get your computer browser's developer mode to masquerade as a tablet/phone?
What 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
PlayOn 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.
Morally I don't think what they're doing is wrong. But the US government is in bed with media goliaths, and the two work together to shut down re-hosted content (even in areas where re-hosting MIGHT be fair usage).
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what if you get your computer browser's developer mode to masquerade as a tablet/phone?
It only works in their apps, not in mobile browsers. So that wouldn't help you.
.....which was unfortunately only a limited subset, especially since I'm not US based (Scandinavia here).
Besides the problem of everything being spread out over Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime and what have you not, some content is just not available, such as Supernatural outside of US/UK/Germany.
I almost feel like the TV networks wants people to pirate things...