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Why Netflix, why?; Windows and Mac but not Linux?
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Baconbits274	Mar 22 2012, 09:51 AM Post #1
Level 3 Posts: 241 Group: Members Member #2,280 Joined: Jun 30, 2010	Netflix works for both Windows and Mac but the only flavor of Linux it works with Netflix is Chrome OS which hasn't been out that very long. I don't see why Netflix can't work with other flavor of Linux, at least the popular ones like Ubuntu and Debian. I know a lot of people just use Linux/Unix for servers but there are people like me who use it as the main OS. Now when I want to use Netflix I either have to use my XBox or grab my lap top which is running Windows 7. Is anyone else here upset about this?
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Jesusthe3dgame	Mar 22 2012, 09:53 AM Post #2
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MrTechnoSqueek	Mar 22 2012, 09:54 AM Post #3
Mr. Sega Posts: 2,314 Group: Members Member #1,296 Joined: Oct 3, 2009	nope because I don't use linux lol



CarsAndGames	Mar 22 2012, 09:56 AM Post #4
Level 4 Posts: 456 Group: Members Member #4,712 Joined: Jan 28, 2012	SteveNeville Mar 22 2012, 09:53 AM #FirstWorldProblems LOL People use netflix on computers?



TheHBF	Mar 22 2012, 10:42 AM Post #5
Mr. iOS Posts: 1,223 Group: Founding Members Member #223 Joined: Jan 31, 2009	I'm more upset the I have to pay for Xbox gold membership to be able to use Netflix, which I'm already paying monthly for. This is why I stick with the PS3 nowadays.
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eSkilliam	Mar 22 2012, 07:47 PM Post #6
Gamer. Graphic Designer. Geek. Posts: 2,001 Group: Moderator Member #980 Joined: Jul 10, 2009 Currently Playing Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Dorrs Twitter @eSkilliam	Here is the deal. Linux is supposed to be open source and able to be built upon by the users. Basically what that means is that Linux was designed specifically so you could write your own Netflix app. Now whether Netflix will give you access is up to them. The nature of linux is do it yourself.
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FisHeaD	Mar 22 2012, 08:04 PM Post #7
Team Hoff! Posts: 821 Group: Members Member #857 Joined: Jun 13, 2009	Baconbits274 Mar 22 2012, 09:51 AM I either have to use my XBox or grab my lap top which is running Windows 7. I fail to see the problem when you already have these. Do you really need a third method to access Netflix?



eSkilliam	Mar 22 2012, 08:21 PM Post #8
Gamer. Graphic Designer. Geek. Posts: 2,001 Group: Moderator Member #980 Joined: Jul 10, 2009 Currently Playing Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Dorrs Twitter @eSkilliam	I have netflix on my desktop, my backup desktop, my laptop, my netbook, my 360, my PS3, my Roku box, and my phone... At the moment I'm looking into a stand alone(non PS3) netflix ready Blu Ray player as well. Yeah about 95% of what I watch on TV is from netflix, and the other 5% is DVD's or Blu Rays...
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Baconbits274	Mar 22 2012, 09:16 PM Post #9
Level 3 Posts: 241 Group: Members Member #2,280 Joined: Jun 30, 2010	eSkilliam Mar 22 2012, 07:47 PM Here is the deal. Linux is supposed to be open source and able to be built upon by the users. Basically what that means is that Linux was designed specifically so you could write your own Netflix app. Now whether Netflix will give you access is up to them. The nature of linux is do it yourself. I have yet to know how to do things like that. I'm still learning Linux/Unix. I definitely don't know how to do things like that. I'm still learning basic concepts. That's why I think that Netflix should have it for at least Ubuntu and Debian because that's where people usually start off on. People who are using Slackware and FreeBSD probably know how to do things like that.
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TheHBF	Mar 22 2012, 10:27 PM Post #10
Mr. iOS Posts: 1,223 Group: Founding Members Member #223 Joined: Jan 31, 2009	Heres the case though, a lot of big companies don't support Linux because of its open source nature. You will never see programs like Photoshop run on Linux and I don't even think there's a well known game that can run in Linux. The purpose of Linux is to provide free software alternatives and I believe it's the last place you should expect applications like Netflix to run. Because I imagine the Linux uses a different type of coding that wouldn't work well with the coding work for Netflix. And I also imagine that Apple and Microsoft make business deals with the applications their OS supports. Since Linux distributions are open-source, their business end is more limited. Edited by TheHBF, Mar 22 2012, 10:33 PM.
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eSkilliam	Mar 23 2012, 04:59 AM Post #11
Gamer. Graphic Designer. Geek. Posts: 2,001 Group: Moderator Member #980 Joined: Jul 10, 2009 Currently Playing Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Dorrs Twitter @eSkilliam	TheHBF Mar 22 2012, 10:27 PM Heres the case though, a lot of big companies don't support Linux because of its open source nature. You will never see programs like Photoshop run on Linux and I don't even think there's a well known game that can run in Linux. The purpose of Linux is to provide free software alternatives and I believe it's the last place you should expect applications like Netflix to run. Because I imagine the Linux uses a different type of coding that wouldn't work well with the coding work for Netflix. And I also imagine that Apple and Microsoft make business deals with the applications their OS supports. Since Linux distributions are open-source, their business end is more limited. I think it's because of that open source nature that you speak of leaving the OS too open to people digging in and finding out the code and secrets of some of these programs, and hacking their own free versions to distribute in the name of free open source. It would leave companies vulnerable. Also why waste your time programming for the what, 2%? of the population that uses Linux, especially when most of those people have other options for using the companies programs.
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TheHBF	Mar 23 2012, 05:35 AM Post #12
Mr. iOS Posts: 1,223 Group: Founding Members Member #223 Joined: Jan 31, 2009	eSkilliam Mar 23 2012, 04:59 AM TheHBF Mar 22 2012, 10:27 PM Heres the case though, a lot of big companies don't support Linux because of its open source nature. You will never see programs like Photoshop run on Linux and I don't even think there's a well known game that can run in Linux. The purpose of Linux is to provide free software alternatives and I believe it's the last place you should expect applications like Netflix to run. Because I imagine the Linux uses a different type of coding that wouldn't work well with the coding work for Netflix. And I also imagine that Apple and Microsoft make business deals with the applications their OS supports. Since Linux distributions are open-source, their business end is more limited. I think it's because of that open source nature that you speak of leaving the OS too open to people digging in and finding out the code and secrets of some of these programs, and hacking their own free versions to distribute in the name of free open source. It would leave companies vulnerable. Also why waste your time programming for the what, 2%? of the population that uses Linux, especially when most of those people have other options for using the companies programs. Right. And let's not forget that the video player Netflix plays in is Microsoft Silverlight. Which says a lot why Netflix will never be supported on Linux. It's also true that The majority of Linux users use it as a second option. You will rarely hear of someone that exclusively use it. I think just like everything else they do with Linux, they have to find a way to make an alternative for Netflix.
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Baconbits274	Mar 23 2012, 07:59 AM Post #13
Level 3 Posts: 241 Group: Members Member #2,280 Joined: Jun 30, 2010	TheHBF Mar 23 2012, 05:35 AM eSkilliam Mar 23 2012, 04:59 AM TheHBF Mar 22 2012, 10:27 PM Heres the case though, a lot of big companies don't support Linux because of its open source nature. You will never see programs like Photoshop run on Linux and I don't even think there's a well known game that can run in Linux. The purpose of Linux is to provide free software alternatives and I believe it's the last place you should expect applications like Netflix to run. Because I imagine the Linux uses a different type of coding that wouldn't work well with the coding work for Netflix. And I also imagine that Apple and Microsoft make business deals with the applications their OS supports. Since Linux distributions are open-source, their business end is more limited. I think it's because of that open source nature that you speak of leaving the OS too open to people digging in and finding out the code and secrets of some of these programs, and hacking their own free versions to distribute in the name of free open source. It would leave companies vulnerable. Also why waste your time programming for the what, 2%? of the population that uses Linux, especially when most of those people have other options for using the companies programs. Right. And let's not forget that the video player Netflix plays in is Microsoft Silverlight. Which says a lot why Netflix will never be supported on Linux. It's also true that The majority of Linux users use it as a second option. You will rarely hear of someone that exclusively use it. I think just like everything else they do with Linux, they have to find a way to make an alternative for Netflix. But Netflix is on Linux! It's on Chromium OS, which is new and not used a lot. More people use Ubuntu than Chromium OS. Also, speaking of games; one of my friends told me that WoW was originally going to be released on not only Windows but also Linux. I don't know if this is true or not or if Blizzard were thinking about eventually making a Linux port. The only good games I know that run on Linux is Minecraft and emulators.
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CarsAndGames	Mar 23 2012, 08:12 AM Post #14
Level 4 Posts: 456 Group: Members Member #4,712 Joined: Jan 28, 2012	...What the hell am I reading



TheHBF	Mar 23 2012, 06:45 PM Post #15
Mr. iOS Posts: 1,223 Group: Founding Members Member #223 Joined: Jan 31, 2009	But Chromium OS is created by Google. It's a special case, where a giant company funds it. It is specifically designed to work with Web applications, therefore it's support of third part software is more limited than what Linux dists can offer.
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