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Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by chaz72 on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @03:44PM (#7842313)
You are presumably already choosing not to use Netflix now. I'm not. I'm choosing to use Netflix now, and I want the more secure, more efficient built-in method.

That said, I would like a more secure, more efficient built-in method for any non-DRM video source that chooses to be distributed openly too!

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Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by timonovici on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @05:47PM (#7842932)
How on earth having an unknown, unsecure, unreviewed binary blob running on your computer be "the more secure method"? Compared to what? But having a blob in the browser running in a sea of proprietary code (MacOS), I don't think it makes such a big difference.

"a more secure ... non-DRM video source" - more secure compared to what? What does security means to you? If you are going to watch non-DRMed video, it's already as secure as it can get, all you need for the efficiency part is better codecs, think of VP9, or Daala.

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Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by chaz72 on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @08:19PM (#7843434)
More secure than Flash or Silverlight which are what I personally use today. VP9 and Daala are not, as far as I know, available for me to use when watching netflix.
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