MacOS DisplayLink Manager Screen Recording permission blocks streaming (Netflix, etc)

[jamesnlogan]

I have been able to play Netflix/DisneyPlus+ content via my DisplayLink connected external monitors with no problems for nearly two years now till it broke sometime last week.

I had a pending update to macos 12.3.1 which I applied after I started experiencing the issue hoping it would resolve it. Also updated DisplayLink (again, after the fact). Only afterwards did I find the posts saying that this is a known limitation.

But why did it work up until now? What changed last week that started enforcing this?

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jnl