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[–] tobbue@feddit.de 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not even really better on Windows. (Nearly) all streaming services restrict resolution to 720p if you watch on a PC, mobile phone or tablet. With the exception of Netflix if you watch with Microsoft Edge or Chrome, I believe.

[–] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don‘t GPUs also include hardware for DRM stuff like that?

[–] tobbue@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, still then there are only very limited software configurations that are allowed.