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DRM Hell (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 year ago by kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Amazon Prime, like many services, is a DRM hell. It won't go to over 480p on Firefox on Linux at my end. However, instead of a rant, I am interested in why this is happening. Say, I rented the same film from YouTube Movies(Yes, such a service exists) and the quality can toggle all the upto 1080p but the same title on Prime Video is stuck at 480p. Is it because both services use two DIFFERENT kinds of DRM?

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[-] mulcahey@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

But... Why? Why would they get different restrictions on the basis of operating system?

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

Because they are assholes.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

Because you could use the Linux one to save the file unencrypted because it's not locked down.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

I could do that on Windows, too. Piracy os equally possible on both

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