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My guess is this is using NativeClient to manage the DRM.

You don't need Silverlight to implement the DRM stack for PlayReady. Once you license it, you can implement the DRM stack any way you want, be it hardware, software, etc... otherwise this wouldn't work on iPhone either.

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This doesn't even work in Chrome unless you enable it. They are not using this, it would make them to dependent on an immature technology.

Netflix doesn't work in Chrome on Linux period, what makes you so sure they won't use it in the future when they are ready to release? Despite being immature, it's a very logical choice.

There are more Firefox/Windows users than there are Chrome/Linux users.

That's an interesting idea, first time I've heard of using NativeClient for that.

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