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0 pointsshmerl6y ago0 comments

Sure, you should be annoyed, since it's caused by them using DRM ;) I pointed it out very explicitly in the original comment. I.e. it's not like they are specifically anti-Linux, they are simply DRM obsessed. Which of course doesn't make it any better for Linux users.

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EpicEng6y ago· 2 in thread

I think it's more that they are DRM obsessed and don't give two flying ducks about Linux. If Linux were important, their DRM would work on it. For one I blame them, for the other I don't.

I have to admit I just don't care that much anymore. In the spectrum of things I have the time and energy to really care about, DRM has fallen off the list. I want to watch The Mandalorian, and damn; it was pretty great.

shmerlOP6y ago

My point is simple, DRM-free services have no issues with video on Linux, because video doesn't really depend on the platform. Video is video everywhere. As long as they aren't using some crazy custom codecs that no one has support for, it will work.

DRM on the other hand is a platform dependent junk. So quite naturally it limits use cases which work with it.

EpicEng6y ago

That is not in any way untrue... but I understand why they don't care :)

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