Hey, at least it told you. When i was fiddling to get disney plus working on my own setup it just refused to play until i changed the reported OS to windows. Nothing else was changed. I really have no idea why they would go out of their way to block specific operating systems.
You did? I also tried that, but the best resolution I got was 540p... As far as my research went that was because they require a higher widevine level not available on linux for HD
That's more to do with the version of WideVine DRM your browser has - the DRM in Firefox is neutered so the chrome will always give the best experience. Why? Because the WideVine DRM is owned by Google.
I have regularly watched Disney plus and Max on my Linux systems. But not all Linux systems are equal. Watching it on something like Debian would be pretty hard. Debian generally doesn't support much in the way of DRM as it goes against most of their philosophy. You can get a browser installed with support for the widevine DRM they require. But it's a lot of work on a system like that. However under Arch or Endeavor OS it was relatively simple.
I'm going to guess it's because they wanted to account for older windows operating systems and they made that everything that isn't like windows 7+ mac and stuff it pops this message and the linux string is probably taken by the useragent.
It's a web page. Webpages have shit to do with the operation system. Webpages however have been a classic Microsoft truck to force people on their shit software (hello ie6 hell!) so you can pretty much bet money on it that this is done at the request of a manager who got a good deal with Microsoft.
If I had a dollar for every time someone has mentioned that under this post...
Yes I can do that, in fact it doesn't even stop me using it and it works fine. But you're missing the point. The point is they claim that their website is OS-dependent when they're really just lazy-asses
It doesn't block you from using it but it claims that it will only function properly on Windows, MacOS, ChromeOS, iOS or Android. Which is complete bullshit. It actually didn't work properly but I doubt that would change if I tried it in another platform, the website was so clunky anyway
It's not actually incompatible it seems to work fine, and it should work fine on every browser -it's not that difficult, that's why we have standards. What my post highlights is that they had the nerve to tell me to upgrade.
Hate Linux and it's users all you want, but know this your objection is entirely irrational. A smart person keeps an open mind and assesses all of their options based on their own criteria and makes a rational decision. An idiot makes a decision and then finds reasons to support it.
"Fuck, my life sucks, what can I do to cheer myself up?"
"I know, I'll go into a forum full of Linux users and tell them their OS sucks. I feel productive now. Next I'll find some Pokemon and Startrek fans and troll them too."
I mean it's what serves the back end of all these services in the first place.
If Linux suddenly ceased to exist the internet and most devices we use and even rely on including android phones would become totally useless.
I don't think you can say that something so key to our technological infrastructure is incompatible with reality.
There is simply those of us who for whatever reason (commonly privacy and a level of control no other operating system outside maybe the BSDs offers) choose to use it for our personal desktop computing needs as well.
shit doesn't work on linux Because the developers couldn't bother to make a linux version.
Because "not enough people use it".
And people don't use linux mainly because shit doesn't work on it.