Due to eroding support for browser plugins, Netflix is making plans to move its streaming service from Silverlight over to the emerging HTML5 video format.
The movie-streaming service has used the Microsoft plugin to deliver streaming content to Windows and Mac OSX computers since 2008. But after Microsoft announced last month that it would end support of the browser versions of the plugin by 2021, it became clear Netflix needed to focus on a replacement.
While the solution seemed to present itself with Google's announcement last month that Netflix was now available on an ARM-based Samsung Chromebook, the movie service has it has been working for the past year on solutions to several disadvantages with the plugin. Netflix's Anthony Park and Mark Watson listed a host of disadvantages the company hopes to overcome, including the increasingly limited ability to use plugins on devices and mobile browsers.
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