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by buffet_overflow 954 days ago
I try not to think too much about how I mostly can not and likely will not see 1080p and higher content from my Linux desktop due to (a lack of) Chrome and DRM
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If you're willing to run a blob for DRM support, you can get it running in any Chromium flavour. (I would rather prefer torrents, though.)

Related: The Quest for Netflix on Asahi Linux – https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/netflix-on-asahi.html

Chrome for Linux is still 720p at best and I'd expect that to drop over time, not go up.

Chrome isn't what's holding higher resolution Netflix back on Linux, it's the lack of a signed graphics driver by an authority that would revoke anything that didn't enforce the DRM and pushes the decryption to trusted hardware.

Won't it display properly in VLC?
And the offline watching works way better!
How would VLC connect to Netflix? Unless you're implying piracy.
netflix was never mentioned