[cloverich]

The other day i saw a slick scifi movie and really liked the interface in one of the random background terminals. I thought id recreate a working version of it. I snapped a screenshot on my iphone where i was watching, but lo it was blacked out? Same after several attempts. Ugh fine, go to my macbook, fire up netflix in a browser there, screenshot from desktop. Nope. Still blacked out.

Its not just older architecture we are losing out on.

[nozzlegear]

Is this just "Person discovers DRM, c. 2026" dressed up as a complaint about Apple?

[cloverich]

That's a bit disingenuous isn't it? Being unable to use any screenshot tool to capture an image on my laptop's browser was surprising to me, yes. Or are you arguing that Apple's implementations are no more restrictive than on any linux machine, so as such there is no case to be made for anything DRM related that a non-Apple device is superior (less limiting) in any way? Or... I suppose what is your actual argument here?

[isatty]

This is the same on anything with DRM. You can watch content without DRM and you’ll be limited to 720p but you can take screenshots.

I don’t like it either but it has nothing to do with Apple.

[nozzlegear]

No I don't think it's disingenuous – indeed, it seemed to me that you were being disingenuous. My actual argument is that you're confusing Netflix's use of DRM for "Apple's implementation," without acknowledging that you'd have this exact same problem on Windows and Android devices. That Linux doesn't have it is just testament to the fact that hardly anyone, comparatively speaking, actually uses Linux as a daily driver (and, notably, Netflix doesn't let you watch high definition video on Linux anyway).

[bigyabai]

No DRM on my machine. You must be holding it wrong?

[nozzlegear]

I'm not interested in dragging my eyelids over whatever esoteric setup notorious Apple shittalker bigyabai uses to feel haughty when dispensing cherry-picked bullshit on HN. Move on.

[bigyabai]

That must suck. I have no reservations challenging unqualified ideologues over their selfish platitudes, you should try it sometime.

Have fun defending DRM requirements, and thank you for subsidizing my 4k Netflix torrents!

[_hyn3]

Only if you are solely an Apple user, because it's literally not a problem anywhere else. I've taken tons of photos of movies with my Pixels.

[iknowstuff]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/comments/5biobx/is...

[theodric]

My Pixel 8a also blocks screenshots of DRM content. The analog hole remains gaping: pause the movie on your MacBook, and take a picture of the screen with your iPhone.

[nickv]

You have definitely not. Go ahead, try taking a screenshot of a movie playing on Netflix on your pixel right now.

[_hyn3]

I said movies. As in, the movie theater. I cancelled Netflix years ago.