HBO Max drops Linux support in all browsers?

Re:HBO Max drops Linux support in all browsers? by wmf on Saturday August 08, 2020 @05:29PM (#24095397)

Probably what's happening here is that HBO is requiring Widevide level 1 DRM but desktop Linux only supports weaker Widevine level 3.

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Re:HBO Max drops Linux support in all browsers? by cardamomo on Saturday August 08, 2020 @08:39PM (#24096395)

Following some of the threads on Reddit seems to add evidence for this. HBO Max is not filtering on User Agent string. Instead, it seems to be checking the Widevine keys.

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Re:HBO Max drops Linux support in all browsers? by rasz on Saturday August 08, 2020 @10:41PM (#24096866)

Still no Widevine crack/emulation after all the Intel CPU bugs?

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Re:HBO Max drops Linux support in all browsers? by leo60228 on Saturday August 08, 2020 @10:48PM (#24096891)

From my understanding, it's relatively well known how to break Widevine L3, but nobody wants to release code (for obvious reasons). Widevine L1 is much better secured, as it's required to be implemented in hardware.

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Re:HBO Max drops Linux support in all browsers? by CodeSince83 on Saturday August 08, 2020 @05:52PM (#24095548)

This is very likely the reason, unless it was unintentional.

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