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Play Netflix on Linux with Firefox

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Nick Congleton
Dec 21, 2016

Netflix and Linux have a somewhat troubled past. For years, Netflix actively blocked Linux users. More recently, support for Google Chrome was added. Firefox users, however, have been out of luck until just recently. As of Firefox 49, the option of using Google’s DRM from the Chrome browser to play DRM content has been made optionally available to Firefox users. This has made it possible to watch Netflix, and potentially other DRM streaming services, using Firefox and without installing Google Chrome. What’s better, the DRM can be turned off when you’re done watching.

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Nick Congleton

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