[ale] Riddle me this

[Don Lachlan]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 9:50 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
> Netflix and 86-Linux support isn't a technical issue.
> It is a cost-of-support, business decision, and perhaps contractual issue.

Netflix requires DRM, which is why it does not work on GNU/Linux --
Moonlight is not locked down like Silverlight. Netflix is currently
looking at HTML5, but ONLY if they can include restrictions on
playback.

http://techblog.netflix.com/2013/04/html5-video-at-netflix.html
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/153536-netflix-begins-the-move-to-html5-but-drm-stands-in-the-way
http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight/SecurityStatus