A question about Linux blocks on streaming sites. Is there a way to go around them?

For example, Rakuten TV has some free movies that are viewable around here. I could watch them on Windows but after the Linux switch can no longer play them. The site specifically tells me that GNU/Linux is not supported.

I don’t understand what the problem is to support Linux from a technical point of view.

Would some spoofed client header be enough here?

https://www.rakuten.tv/

  • passenger@sopuli.xyzOP
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    3 days ago

    As I’m feeling spiteful, I want to add that you can easily block the ads with firefox + ublock origin on Windows. So it’s hard to believe it’s some technical thing related to securing the ad playback.

    I haven’t tried spoofing the user agent yet.

    But even if it did the trick, I just don’t get the reason behind blocking other OSes.

    Now that I think of it, they probably just spout out the user agent my browser sent in the error message.

    I would be fine with watching some ad supported movies if they let me…