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"Widevine Dump":Leaked Code Downloads HD Video from Disney+, Amazon, and Netflix

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449 points bertman | 5 comments | 27 Dec 21 12:55 UTC | HN request time: 2.228s | source
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alufers ◴[27 Dec 21 16:43 UTC] No.29703989[source]▶
Can we just stop the shitshow with DRM? I have NEVER encountered a TV show/movie that I could't rip using a torrent either on public p2p sites or a private tracker.

But I have seen a lot of my non-technical friends and family having a degraded experience, who pay for their streaming services every month. It was either because they were using a browser or device which was deemed unworthy of full quality streaming by the mighty DRM authors. And now the poor users of the TB-X505X will also have a degraded experience.

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remus ◴[27 Dec 21 17:41 UTC] No.29704655[source]▶
Case in point: I can't listen to spotify on my laptop if I've got my external monitors plugged in via USB-C. Not a problem with MP3s of course.
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karmakaze ◴[27 Dec 21 18:16 UTC] No.29705056[source]▶
I've never had this issue. Spotify (on Mac) uses the computer's sound output setting (laptop speakers or monitor), unless you choose another destination with the Spotify 'device' option.
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1. Nextgrid ◴[27 Dec 21 19:07 UTC] No.29705649[source]▶
Presumably there's something incompatible with how the Spotify client plays audio and how his system handles audio playback. His point still stands though - with MP3s he can use an alternative player, with Spotify he can't.
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2. midasuni ◴[27 Dec 21 19:32 UTC] No.29705920[source]▶
I use an ncurses Spotify client (I forget what) or a web browser to listen on my computer (normally I do it on the phone and airplay to the required speakers). Never had an issue.
3. karmakaze ◴[27 Dec 21 21:54 UTC] No.29707260[source]▶
My problem with Spotify isn't the DRM, since I use it mostly to play either background music or find different things to listen to--like I used to use satellite radio. The problem with Spotify is that the artists (for the most part) get so little while providing the content.
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4. 323 ◴[27 Dec 21 22:45 UTC] No.29707821[source]▶
> The problem with Spotify is that the artists (for the most part) get so little while providing the content.

That's because there is too much supply of music. Attention is the scarce thing today.

5. Gigachad ◴[29 Dec 21 00:06 UTC] No.29719915[source]▶
You can use the web client which uses the browsers audio interfacing.