[quaint-]

Netflix actually already "works" in Linux, or at least did back when I last looked it up, and most probably their CDM would as well. I'm of course speaking of using wine. (Having not actually tested the solution, I cannot verify it nor tell about its shortcomings.)

Or perhaps they would rely on secure/trusted path this time. I doubt that - the hardware simply isn't there for their customers.

Anyhow, I certainly wouldn't want W3C to endorse any type of DRM, or have them make it easier to abuse DRM. It's a good thing that Flash and Silverlight are restricted to PCs. It's a good thing that plugins annoy people; it makes them less desirable. We really shouldn't be building a new framework for plugins on all platforms.

Furthermore, I'd like to assure everyone reading this that DRM-free media is (still) thriving on the Internet. It's unfortunate that some people fail to play along; this only means that money doesn't go to the right people even if it's their media that's being exchanged.

[lucian1900]

Netflix only sort of maybe works with Wine + Firefox. If you're lucky.