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If your Linux-using mates suddenly disappear for a day or two, we can explain why: Netflix has just revealed it's fully and formally available on the OS
As the streamer points out, Chrome's worked for in-browser playback since 2014. But not officially.
As of Tuesday, however, "users of Firefox can also enjoy Netflix on Linux."
Netflix reckons this is "a huge milestone for us and our partners, including Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Mozilla that helped make it possible."
HTML 5 had a lot to do with it, too, because by enabling plugin-free video playback it meant Linux users were spared the the recurring security nightmare that is Adobe Flash, which recently made a meaningful Penguin-land after ignoring Linux for years.
The reason you haven't switched to Linux is:
- 1. Games
2. Netflix
[editors note: the game situation isn't all that bad now, with over 3,000 games now available for Linux on Steam]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Thursday March 23 2017, @02:54PM
Yeah, but what if you want to play games X, Y, and Z, and X only works on N64 and Z only works on Playstation 2? And what if the PS2 somehow maliciously causes problems with your N64, and in general is extremely unreliable, and on top of that is just a PITA to use, with horribly designed controllers that give you RSI and also discolor the skin on your hands from toxic chemicals used in the plastics, whereas the N64 has highly ergonomic controllers that are perfectly safe to use?
At some point, you have to decide how much pain you want to put up with to use a certain platform, and if you really *need* it that much and the applications on it. Is game X *soooo* important that you're willing to choose your computing infrastructure based on that one thing? For many of us, the answer is no. If that game company really wanted my business, they'd support my platform of choice. If they don't think it's worth it, that's their right, and it's my right to not buy from them and do something else with my time. If that involves game-playing, there's plenty of other games available for Linux, so I'd rather patronize a company that aligns better with my computing preferences.