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by BbzzbB 1705 days ago
Using Firefox or Chrome solves this problem as you don't get full quality for Netflix on them, hence there's no address collision as you resort to using Edge (or else?) for Netflix.
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Huh? You don't get full quality on Netflix in some browsers?
That’s correct: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/13444

> Netflix is available in Ultra HD on Windows and Mac computers with:

> - Microsoft Edge for Windows

> - Windows 10 App

> - Safari for MacOS 11.0 or later

I believe this is for DRM reasons — Firefox is open-source, so they don’t want you modifying your copy of Firefox to bypass DRM or whatever.

Does spoofing your user-agent bypass that?
You probably can't spoof the DRM.
I think that is because there is actually DRM technology in the browser that communicates with Netflix when on their site. So it's definitely a lot more than just checking a UA. But it would be nice if it were that easy.