Is this an argument you actually think that people concerned about this proposal will find satisfying? Or is it just something that you find satisfying to say. You cannot possibly think the first...
(Furthermore, I am able to watch Netflix videos on other devices. The inability to watch Netflix on my primary computer does not bother me. I don't have that support now, I won't in the future, I never had it and I never expected it.)
Is this an argument you actually think that people concerned about this proposal will find satisfying?
No, I'm just explaining why a problem of your own making, which will affect a tiny minority of people interested in viewing content on-line, is not reasonable grounds for undermining standards that would probably be in the interests of the overwhelming majority.
Or is it just something that you find satisfying to say.
Satisfying, no, but it is tiresome to watch people campaign for openness with one breath and then complain with the next that they can't access things that are paid for and only available in the closed world they chose not to participate in.
I am well aware that few people would be negatively impacted. I don't delude myself, I've already stated upthread that Linux is not a major player and, furthermore, that it never will be.
That does not give me reason to support this proposal.
> in the interests of the overwhelming majority.
It is in the interest of Netflix. Netflix streaming currently "Just Works"(tm) for most consumers, and it will continue to do so. Netflix wants it because it would make their lives easier. I have no reason to support this, and every reason to not.
The only thing that might be worse than the proposal itself is the absurd amount of misinformed Linux users who think that this will allow them to use Netflix or who think that Netflix really just wishes so hard that it could support Linux but is technically incapable of doing so... That is maddening.
"Satisfying, no, but it is tiresome to watch people campaign for openness with one breath and then complain with the next that they can't access things that are paid for and only available in the closed world they chose not to participate in."
I have no complaints with the status quo. I am oppose a proposal that would threaten it in a way that has the strong potential to negatively impact me. "Paid for" has absolutely no place in this equation for me. I pay for and consume many things, some of which I have to use in particular ways. I'm not bothered by this current state of affairs. I've made tradeoffs and I am not complaining about them (unlike many Linux users who refuse to stop complaining about no Netflix on Linux).
(Furthermore, I am able to watch Netflix videos on other devices. The inability to watch Netflix on my primary computer does not bother me. I don't have that support now, I won't in the future, I never had it and I never expected it.)