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Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by lstamour on Saturday July 08, 2017 @02:21AM (#14724371)
Did Netflix ever support iOS devices without an app or DRM? Since iOS 6, there’s been FairPlay DRM available in Safari – and it added support for time-limited (expiring) keys in iOS 9. In many ways, I’m less worried about DRM and more worried about the value of content as expectations change to prefer free stuff from YouTube etc. Making things easy to watch/share is one of the only ways to compete...
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Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by Mindwipe on Sunday July 09, 2017 @12:55PM (#14730616)
No, Netflix always used DRM (either via an app or via FairPlay).

The argument has a tiny issue in that it's not actually true. At all.

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