1186746 - Cannot watch Magine TV (and probably a not so small number of other streaming services) with Firefox 64-bit

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1187005

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[laszlo]

Since the changes in bug 1165981 (specifically the omission of Silverlight from the NPAPI whitelist), I'm forced to use another browser than Firefox 64-bit to watch Magine TV (http://magine.com), a service I paid for, which requires Silverlight for use with Firefox. Magine TV is a relatively popular TV streaming service in Sweden, Germany and Spain.

This bug also affects an unknown number of other streaming and multimedia services; Netflix comes to mind, or Maxdome, one of the bigger video-on-demand services in Germany and Austria.

I'm afraid if this makes it to the release, it won't exactly help the adoption of Firefox 64-bit, at least not in Germany, the only developed country where Firefox is still the top browser. It's rather something that will accelerate the erosion of its user base towards other browsers.

Comment 1

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Duping forward as bug 1187005 has more attention.