Netflix and Linux

I'm a big fan of irony, so when I came across this story about Netflix's "Watch Now" player, I couldn't help but laugh. It seemed surprising to my that Netflix would opt for a multimedia platform that would exclude Mac users. I understand that most computer users have Windows PCs, but it is generally acknowledged that Macs are the multimedia PC of choice for just about everyone. The fact that the movie player developed by Roku for Netflix runs Linux suggests that a cross-platform player is possible, so one has to wonder why Netflix hasn't made its "Watch Now" service available to users of non-Win OSs