Their support pages are clearly out of date. My iPad with iOS 5.1.1 can no longer connect to the App Store, period.
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/113160
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Netflix Chrome end of support 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14
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Their support pages are clearly out of date. My iPad with iOS 5.1.1 can no longer connect to the App Store, period.
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/113160
It is mostly dependent on Chrome development. Chrome is supporting Catalina and higher and Netflix works on HS and Mojave with a hack for now, but the browser will not be updated anymore so they will be gone at some point. I am sure Gecko browsers are in the same shoes.
Safari which uses Silverlight will not play Netflix because Netflix ended support for Silverlight on September 13, 2023. Only newer versions of Safari sans silverlight will work.
Safari which uses Silverlight will not play Netflix because Netflix ended support for Silverlight on September 13, 2023. Only newer versions of Safari sans silverlight will work.
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For Chromium the problem is not in the Widevine component as it can be tested here:
and it plays the video protected by widevine.
I opened a case with Netflix and the support told me to update the OS. I told them about their website and they replied that they're probably gonna fix it.
Now they did.
help.netflix.com
Still stupid. I installed Fedora and now it works. I know most people don't care, but the machines are obviously still perfectly capable.
Now they did.
Netflix supported browsers and system requirements
You can use Netflix on Windows 8 or later, macOS 10.15 or later, Chrome OS version 76 or later, and iPads with iPadOS 16 or later using Safari, and some Linux computers.
help.netflix.com
Still stupid. I installed Fedora and now it works. I know most people don't care, but the machines are obviously still perfectly capable.
It is not about the machine but the OS restriction.
All these machines can run Windows and Linux and most probably Netflix and the other sites/services requiring DRM.
support.apple.com
All these machines can run Windows and Linux and most probably Netflix and the other sites/services requiring DRM.
macOS Mojave - Technical Specifications - Apple Support
I know, that's my point. I totally get why it can't be supported forever, but it is quite unnecessary to retire a machine just because its discontinued software support.