Netflix blocking app installations from Playstore

Flaccus

http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/05/13/netflix-confirms-blocking-rootedunlocked-devices-app-still-working-now/

Affected me today. I only applied the latest Samsung firmware from Sammobile. All official. And now cannot install Netflix from playstore. Have to sideload it I guess.

anyone else affected. my phone isn't rooted by the way.

ED E

Just giving end users more reason to pirate.

GoT shows that if a show isnt practically available people will find other means.

Flaccus

What annoys me is Eir unlocked my phone officially and now I can't install the netflix app after a factory reset. I didn't even flash another rom until after the block and it was an official one.

donspeekinglesh

My phone is rooted, so I can no longer see it in the Play store. Luckily I already have it installed.

Am very annoyed by it though. Looking into Magisk to hide root. Not willing to give up root.

Flaccus

No root for me yet just got an S8+. i actually did a restore from my Samsung account a couple of hours ago and netflix showed up. Lol. Guess will need to rely on APK mirror for updates. What I am confused about is how an unlocked non rooted phone from Meteor breaks googles drm.

long_b

No way this is going to last beyond the end of the week. Amazed it even got to go live in the first place.

Mantis Toboggan

Available to download for me even though my phone is unlocked?

Mr E

Unlocked <> Rooted.

With content downloading, I don't even know the technical reason behind the root-blocking. Doesn't make sense.

Unless there is some way that rooting can bypass geo-restrictions?

marcbrophy

My Bootloader is unlocked, but I'm on official firmware, not rooted.

No Netflix :mad:

ED E

Mr E wrote: »

Unlocked <> Rooted.

With content downloading, I don't even know the technical reason behind the root-blocking. Doesn't make sense.

Unless there is some way that rooting can bypass geo-restrictions?

HDCP bypassing I suspect. Very easy way to pirate content now that HDMI capture cards are a dime a dozen.

Dravokivich

ED E wrote: »

HDCP bypassing I suspect. Very easy way to pirate content now that HDMI capture cards are a dime a dozen.

It's happening already with Netflix shows prior to the Pre-Download feature. So I don't get why they'd target this restriction of availability on phones. Doesn't sound like a practical means of ripping anything to me.

Flaccus

Mr E wrote: »

Unlocked <> Rooted.

With content downloading, I don't even know the technical reason behind the root-blocking. Doesn't make sense.

Unless there is some way that rooting can bypass geo-restrictions?

Yes but unlocked still causes problems for the Drm api on some phones. It's Googles doing apparently

long_b

OK, so does "unlocked" in this case just mean an "unlocked bootloader" or does it mean "used to be sim locked to a network but can now work with a sim from any network"?

ED E

They're separate things, but some OEMs trigger a bootloader unlock when the SIMlock is removed.

ThisRegard

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Am very annoyed by it though. Looking into Magisk to hide root. Not willing to give up root.

How will does it work? There's a Amazon Fire in the house which I put stock Android onto, removed root (apps now tell me it's not routed) but Sky Q still believes it is. I haven't found a way around it yet.

WhiteMemento9

Looks like Netflix is only the start.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/05/18/netflix-just-start-google-play-console-lets-developers-exclude-app-availability-devices-dont-pass-safetynet/

ED E

WhiteMemento9 wrote: »

Looks like Netflix is only the start.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/05/18/netflix-just-start-google-play-console-lets-developers-exclude-app-availability-devices-dont-pass-safetynet/

:mad: