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Re:Keep Android Open by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:38AM (#45748289)
Remind me again what video quality Netflix gives you when streaming to an open browser on an open OS?
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Re:Keep Android Open by viktorcode on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:59AM (#45748638)
You mean Firefox that refuses to support web standards for encoded video streams for ideological reasons?
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Re:Keep Android Open by hueho on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:58PM (#45749664)
Wasn't aware of that, can you send a link explaining?
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Re:Keep Android Open by ryoshoe on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @01:35PM (#45750277)
For a while Netflix didn't support 1080p on browsers other than Edge on Windows or Safari on Mac. This has changed somewhat but they still reserve their resolution content for their "blessed" OS/browser combinations

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/30081

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Re:Keep Android Open by viktorcode on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @02:33PM (#45751108)
It's not just Netflix. It is also FaceTime calls for Firefox. This is the reason why Netflix limits Firefox.
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Re:Keep Android Open by viktorcode on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @02:32PM (#45751097)
Here's the discussion of that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27432001
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