Netflix

[Graham Todd]

>Netflix Desktop works well in linux-  uses Wine to run FF.  I use it in
>Ubuntu 12.04
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>garyk

Thanks for that clarification, Gary.  I think that I ought to clarify
my remarks, too: I live in the South East of England and get my
internet connection by cable.  All this may add to the reason why my,
and Gary's, remarks are different, I believe.

I stand by the general comments I made about Linux and the connection
to services by Netflix.  In the country, we are facing calls for
restricted internet access and also for internet providers to police
the information some subscribers can access, in the wake of Mark
Bridger's conviction for the murder of April Jones (for those not in the
UK, his computer was found to have  sex abuse images on the hard drive,
and thus the need to restrict what subscribers can contact by filtering
by
 internet service providers).

Of course, all right minded people's thoughts will be with April's
parents, friends, and wider family, but I don't want my access to
information to be dictated by the whim of my internet service provider,
however well-meaning it may be.  These thoughts are more in line with
the philosophy that the Founding Fathers of the United States showed
when setting up their Constitution.

Now, whilst we in the UK have a constitution, it is not a written
Constitution, and evolves over time.  This makes it easier for those
bodies who want to restrict access to the internet to have a platform
for their views that can't be restricted by reference to the
constitution. However, the same arguments over Netflix apply to access
generally. Using Wine to access Netflix sounds to me like 'dabbling in
the dark arts' of Micro$oft; if Netflix wanted Linux to gain access
to its service, it would provide a Linux-friendly version (it might not
be friendly for all distributions, but it would be Linux-friendly).
It's as simple as that.

++Graham Todd