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Technical complexity aside, it’d be a business risk to accidentally mislabel a stream as not requiring DRM too.



Netflix already labels them. They show only their original content to users which are suspected to be behind VPNs. [1]

[1] https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/why-can-i-only-see-net...


The consequences of mislabeling it likely vary based on the severity. Mislabeling and presenting without encryption is likely to be a bigger issue with content providers than accidentally allowing it via a VPN.




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