Lloyd
In article <ee41cef0-bb0a-4412-b9b5-49a3ad7e16f1@googlegroups.com>, ed <news@atwistedweb.com>wrote:

ed
On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:19:48 PM UTC-7, Lloyd wrote:

In article <38eb4fa9-4e45-4e5b-8085-8c96972c1d16@googlegroups.com>,

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Leave Hulu out of it as they have non-flash video without subscription.

wait, what? where?

Pony up the $ and they'll show you.

eh? seriously, what are you talking about? what would i be ponying up the money for, specifically? if i wanted to pony up the money, what would i be asking for? and how does that jive with the "without subscription" comment? are you implying you buy a device or pay a one time fee or something?

Lloyd
Either I'm not explaining right, or you're being obtuse.

Free Hulu does not need flash. But if you want to use it, Hulu has made sure you have flash or get Hulu+.

Other than getting money from you, there is no technical reason.

At one time I checked on Hulu with a machine that didn't have Flash installed at all and it worked fine. It was early on in Hulu's changeover, so it was very limited. But I've read in many places that Hulu doesn't need flash at all anymore. The fact that their site won't work with a browser in iOS devices or the PS3 is all about getting the bucks and nothing about the technology.

ed
like what places?

Lloyd
Good Lord! Ed, I read all over the place nearly every day and couldn't tell you where I read about it.

ed
and of course it's all about the money. hulu has worked (and continues to work with simple hacks) on a variety of devices not officially supported (hulu does ua checks on flash capable devices, including ps3 which can technically run hulu in it's browser (and wasn't blocked before)). ...

Lloyd
Yep, the PS3 is fully capable of getting the free Hulu had not Hulu,

and probably Sony, doing blocks to keep it from working.

And it is those blocks that keep the portables from getting free Hulu without a hack. Nothing to do with actually needing Flash.