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pseudonomous

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Registered: 2008-04-23

Posts: 349

Netflix coming to Chrome OS ... so maybe to all Linux?

So ... apparently about a month ago somebody noticed that "netflix" shows up here:

http://codereview.chromium.org/6902001

which triggered a bunch of blog posts like, this.

So there seems like a pretty good chance that in the next month or two there will be a netflix plugin working on Chromebooks, which might mean Netflix will do what I consider the "rational" thing and allow playback using Chrome on any Linux distro ... or, if we we're not quite that lucky, a little bit of user-agent spoofing might get us the same result.  Here's to hoping toward that end; I've been pleasantly surprised how well netflix works in an XP vm, but I'd really much rather be able to get native access on my netbook.

Also, apparently, Netflix is awesome, though this has been something I have been prevented from fully appreciating given my Window-phobic ways.

edit: let's try that link again.

Last edited by pseudonomous (2011-07-14 05:02:46)

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... imagine I'm making this argument without referencing cartoons.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Netflix coming to Chrome OS ... so maybe to all Linux?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/1 … 97275.html
Not everyone's happy with the price hike.

Last edited by karol (2011-07-14 13:16:44)

ScionicSpectre

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Registered: 2011-06-25

Posts: 98

Re: Netflix coming to Chrome OS ... so maybe to all Linux?

I'm not too unhappy with the price hike, since I didn't care much for the DVD service to begin with. I think it's still a pretty tough service to beat when it comes to availability. There are alternatives, but not many (unless you're a pirate).

I hope this happens just so I can hear one less complaint from users, honestly. The more attention ChromeOS gets as a platform, the easier it will be on Linux users, most likely, especially since Google wants every browser to be able to take advantage of the technology platform built up around web applications.

I think content providers are the main thing missing for consumers on Linux.