Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC
by advael on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:32AM
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The netflix complaint is a pretty confusing one. The last time I used windows was back when Netflix was a DVD rental service, and while there was a time when you had to go get Google Chrome to stream via Netflix on linux, even that hasn't been the case for quite a long time. I swear half the people in these threads tried like one distro ten years ago, ran into one issue, and sees this as a knockdown argument that normal computer users can't tolerate a single learning curve. Meanwhile, any time some acquaintance tries to do a simple task they've never done before on the OS they claim is easy to use (whether this be windows or macOS), it ends up being a huge hassle anyway, and sometimes there is simply no solution to the problem they want to solve
Like, yes, most things have a learning curve. I have yet to encounter any evidence that Windows having a particularly easy one for anything is more than propaganda
Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC
by leppr on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:36AM
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Netflix works fine on Linux. Either enable DRM on Firefox, or install Google Chrome, then use your browser of choice to access https://netflix.com.
Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC
by denton-scratch on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:12AM
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Netflix works fine in Firefox. Nothing to install.
I've got rid of my Netflix account; between Sky, Youtube and Freesat, there's more stuff to watch than I have time in the day.
Obviously this varies from person to person but I have verified already a more than a decade ago that it worked very well with ordinary users as long as they didn't need MS Office or anything like it.
And true: Netflix doesn't work but for that I use my phone/tablet that I cast to my TV.
You may say: not everyone has a PC and a phone but as far as I can see the overwhelming majority who has a PC also seems to have a smartphone.