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Who is this trying to stop? People that rip their content? Because those ones certainly have other methods to do it (e.g. record video out).

If they're targeting consumers, why do they give a damn if the phone is rooted or not? As long as they pay netflix to stream the content to them?

Or is this "just" to prevent fake locations and such, to please their content producing/distributing overlords?

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Netflix doesn't care. They drag their feet on this kind of thing as much as they can. In the end, though, they do this so they can keep their licensing agreements with content creators.

This. It is 100% about being able to license more titles. Many people forget what the early days of Netflix streaming was like. Remember when you needed silverlight to watch on a computer? Remember when you couldn't even get Netflix on Android? Netflix has come a long ways since those days, and they have done a LOT in moving forward fair-use expectations for digital subscription content.

Netflix loves doing DRM stuff "for the studios" as it creates a barrier to entry for other players. If Netflix pushed the truth that DRM doesn't matter, then a competitor might get a studio to sign a nice deal with them.

Ya, because studios want (require) DRM. My point is that Netflix has done a lot to reduce the obnoxiousness and hassle of DRM compliance.

Name one thing they have done

I'm not so sure. They now produce a ton of their own content which they may want to protect.

That content is not broadcast with DVB, it's not distributed on BluRay.

To that point if they can prevent there being a way to rip the raw video bitstream from the handful of platforms they do support, then they can prevent their shows being pirated (at least in full quality.)

The licensing of other content was definitely the reason they locked down the geo streaming though 100%.

Probably to appease the studios.

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