This makes perfect sense, and at the end of the day those who produce there content have a right to choose the conditions of how it's distributed
On which I call bullshit. They still use it for their own productions and series.
Why? DRM adds cost and complexity to Netflix's operations. I bet a not insignificant number of customer support issues are related to DRM (e.g. bad drivers).
> They still use it for their own productions and series.
Because that's what their platform is. The vast majority of their content remains licensed, and that licensed content requires DRM. They'd have to run a largely different platform just for their own content to be DRM free and now have customers with inconsistent experiences depending on which content was displayed.
Sure, but also Netflix and other distributors have right to choose what they distribute and what they don't distribute. So a few movies would not be available, until the studios do the math and stop insist on DRM.
Instead, they managed to outsource the support burden for their wish and it is financed by third parties, who don't care about DRM at all.
They are solving it by making their original content and there surely is not DRM enforcement by third parties.
In the end, it is about who can persuade the other party about their own relative importance in the business.