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What if netflix released its own browser, perhaps a fork of chromium, and all it could do was go to netflix and other such approved (read: drm-ready) sites that paid a fee to netflix?

And what if parents made that the default browser on the device? To protect the kids, of course.

Of course.



How is that different then the Windows 8/Android/iOS/Xbox 360/Wii/PS3 netflix applications?


What prevents that with or without DRM in HTML5?


Well, they could say: "Download NetFlixBrowser! The fastest, safest HTML5 Browser on the planet!"


They can already say that.


But they would be lying.


Yes, but that would be regardless of any added DRM. It's not like a "HTML5 Browser" can't have additional features - in fact, they all do.


so you mean like a gagillion other HTML apps you can download for your phone/tablet?




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