@djlink I fucking hate this too. It's not just stupid design, this is blatant asshole design. They want to try any and all tricks to have you accept tracking cookies.

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How I'm watching Netflix on Ubuntu

Oliver Oliver • Updated 10 years ago

Update 10 August 2023

I wrote this article in 2014 back when Netflix used Silverlight to transmit its content. Since then, Netflix has moved to HTML5 and this article is now obsolete. However, I'm keeping it here for posterity and because frankly I'm a data hoarder.

It's been announced that Netflix plans to ditch Silverlight and go HTML5 with their video player. But until such a time rises, Linux users will have some difficulty using Netflix.

We'll be acquainted soon...

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