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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
Based on comments from Netflix (which effectively said they're TRYING to make it work on lots of handsets but it's Android's LACK of a DRM layer that makes their app simply not run/work on most devices), I get the sense that their app actually DOES work fun on every device but they they're PROGRAMMING the application not to run. On my Galaxy Tab, I get an error about having an unsupported device and it jumps back to the Android desktop. It didn't even get anywhere CLOSE to playing video. You clearly saw video showing that the HARDWARE will play Netflix video once you can get past the lock-out, however. I strongly suspect that the DALVIK video playing layer is able to play Netflix video just fine and that the problem exists within Netflix's own app in the form of exclusionary code, not NDK or any kind of proprietary hardware code.

As far as DRM goes... why is Netflix unable to deliver DRM'ed content but everyone from Samsung to HBO to Dish and even Google themselves able to do it on the Android platform? This further bolsters my suspicions and makes Netflix smell strongly of bull manure.
This does sound fishy....

*capt'n reaches for tin-foil hat*

Do you think that they're trying to get money out of individual handset makers to support the software? What could be their motivation for programming the tech to work only on certain hardware? Could it have something to do with Sammy's new unlocked bootloaders?

I don't like this one bit..
 

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