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Yes, I am talking about low resolutions that they understand will be easily stolen. Websites aren't mobile apps and the intention was that this API was not to be used for blocking.


The 4K DRM'd stuff is also easily "stolen". It's not as if it's actually working. It only takes one mildly sophisticated actor to get around it, share the resulting files and then your fancy DRM is completely useless.

So what is this DRM actually accomplishing? Well, it makes it so that on platforms that don't support the DRM, piracy is actually a better user experience. All it did was create an additional(if minor) incentive for Linux users to just download the stuff for free instead of paying for Netflix.




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