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by phire 2632 days ago
It's compatible.

All OPs browser does is syncronse playback across users legitimate Netflix (or other) accounts.

OPs broswer will pass the encrypted video through to the DRM plug-in, which will authenticate from Netflix through to the to the screen. It will decrypt the video, decode it, re-encrypt with hdcp and send it to the monitor.

The DRM chain is intact. OPs browser can't be used to pirate the videos, or steal Netflix.

All he needs is permission to ship the closed source DRM plug-in.