We are Huxleying ourselves into the full Orwell.

[Clodfobble]

It's not just to games consoles and dedicated media machines like the Roku; it's also to regular computers and smartphones. Most of my viewing happens through my laptop on the kitchen counter. Even if you never stream on your regular computer, what matters is that a lot of other people do, and Netflix thus has power over all the browser companies. The problem is not "what does Netflix do while I'm running it," the problem is "what requirements and/or content blocking does Netflix require the browser companies to incorporate into their products, which will then negatively affect your ability to, say, get to other sites whose content is not deemed (by the all-knowing god Netflix) to be DRM-compatible, and will also allow the criminally-minded to access your data in ways you cannot see or verify because the browser companies refuse (on behalf of Netflix) to allow you to see their code."