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by onedr0p 1403 days ago
To be fair, it already seems easily pirated. DRM is useless, if content is able to be viewed on some personal device it can be ripped and shared. I'd be curious how much effort/money companies dump into adding DRM measures, it seems like a lost cause. Maybe it just makes the execs sleep better at night.
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This is a myth.

Netflix's DRM is sufficiently good that the Reddit Piracy subreddit has spent the last three months moaning that they have no access to 4K Netflix rips, at least for weeks or months after the content comes out.

Netflix's DRM and key management systems do what they care about pretty well at this point, which is protect the initial airing of popular shows.

1080p rips are found within hours of the content first airing on NetFlix. You don't need to download Linux ISOs in full quality to enjoy them.