Making Netflix out to be the bad guy here does a disservice to the whole issue because it doesn't actually address the people behind the problem, and implicitly says "funding the studios is fine, just don't do it through Netflix".
Netflix doesn't want to be saddled to Silverlight (because, let's be honest, who would want to be? It's a dead and failed technology). Netflix is contractually required to maintain DRM on the content they deliver. Of course they're going to want to be able to use the latest and greatest technologies while meeting their contractual obligations (which, you know, enable them to stay in business). They'd be fools to not try to get away from Silverlight, and they'd be fools to not try to find a way to fit their business into the future of the web. Sure, it'd be great if they gave the studios the finger and told them "We're doing HTML5 without DRM, deal with it", but Netflix already operates at the mercy of the studios' good will, and they cannot survive as a business if they aren't willing to meet the studios' demands on the content they license.
I am extremely skeptical about the suggestion that Netflix is some archvillian cackling to themselves about enslaving the web through DRM.