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The EME-off-by-default Firefox builds are linked to from an earlier Mozilla blog post for interested users, but the builds are not linked from the main Firefox

The EME-off-by-default Firefox builds are linked to from an earlier Mozilla blog post for interested users, but the builds are not linked from the main Firefox download page. These builds are technically not "EME-free" or "DRM-free", just EME off-by-default. The Adobe CDM won't be automatically downloaded or enabled. https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/05/12/update-on-digital-rights-management-and-firefox/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/05/12/update-on-digital-r...

shmerl 11y ago
I see. It would have been better to make it a build switch, and really make EME-free variants.
- hsivonen 11y ago
  So you'd want to make the UX more punitive for people who in the abstract don't want DRM but then go to Netflix and want it to work anyway when the choice is put in context.
  - sp332 11y ago
    No? I don't want sites to download uninspectable content to my computer. Netflix isn't the only site that can use this tech if it's enabled.
    - amaranth 11y ago
      Netflix isn't downloading anything and neither would any other site. The option is whether or not Firefox itself is allowed to download the Adobe CDM when it encounters a site that requires it.
      - sp332 11y ago
        I mean the actual encrypted data that Netflix sends to my browser.
  - shmerl 11y ago
    It's good to have an option of guaranteed no DRM, and not DRM switched off.
    - cpeterso 11y ago
      That would require a Firefox build without NPAPI support. A user can't differentiate between Flash or Silverlight playing a DRM video and non-DRM video, so removing NPAPI support entirely would be the only sure method. Firefox users can disable Flash or Silverlight if they don't want sites using plugin DRM. Likewise, Firefox users can remove the Adobe CDM or uncheck the "Play DRM content" setting if they don't want sites using EME DRM. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-drm https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-drm

shmerl 11y ago

I see. It would have been better to make it a build switch, and really make EME-free variants.

hsivonen 11y ago
So you'd want to make the UX more punitive for people who in the abstract don't want DRM but then go to Netflix and want it to work anyway when the choice is put in context.
- sp332 11y ago
  No? I don't want sites to download uninspectable content to my computer. Netflix isn't the only site that can use this tech if it's enabled.
  - amaranth 11y ago
    Netflix isn't downloading anything and neither would any other site. The option is whether or not Firefox itself is allowed to download the Adobe CDM when it encounters a site that requires it.
    - sp332 11y ago
      I mean the actual encrypted data that Netflix sends to my browser.
- shmerl 11y ago
  It's good to have an option of guaranteed no DRM, and not DRM switched off.
  - cpeterso 11y ago
    That would require a Firefox build without NPAPI support. A user can't differentiate between Flash or Silverlight playing a DRM video and non-DRM video, so removing NPAPI support entirely would be the only sure method. Firefox users can disable Flash or Silverlight if they don't want sites using plugin DRM. Likewise, Firefox users can remove the Adobe CDM or uncheck the "Play DRM content" setting if they don't want sites using EME DRM. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-drm https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-drm