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    [–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

    Yes, sadly, DRM is necessary to use many streaming services, be it Spotify, Crunchyroll, or Netflix.

    At least Widevine works on Linux. Without Widevine copyright holders would probably demand some Windows-/macOS-only DRM that'd be probably even worse.

    Edit: Just remembering Flash gives me shudders.

    [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Widevine doesnt seem to work very well if i'm watching 4 pixels instead of 4k, lol.

    [–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Well, my point was more about Spotify and other sites which only require basic DRM.

    But yeah, I also consider the quality inacceptable. It's why I bought storage for my server to start sailing the high seas with automatic downloads.

    [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    I swear to god I'm about to start doing it to.

    Im a fucking customer, that is paying, or has paid, and still wont let me watch the shit.. So whats the point of giving my money?

    had a lot of people offer to give me charts to the new seas, as mine are 20 years old at this point, and i am so dangerously close to finally accepting an offer.