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I understand the case that EME makes it more difficult to create a browser, but none of the biggest tech companies got their start by writing browsers.
by millstone 10y ago
I understand the case that EME makes it more difficult to create a browser, but none of the biggest tech companies got their start by writing browsers.
- rocqua 10y agoPerhaps it is building the backend that is considered to burdensome? A youtube competitor would need to serve DRMed video and thus be able to do EME.
- nsgi 10y agoNo they wouldn't. YouTube doesn't use EME, at least for user-generated content.
- Sylos 10y agoSomewhat of a quip, but I suppose technically still true: Without the creation of new browsers, we'd still be in the Internet Explorer age, and we can all imagine how much potential revenue would have been lost for internet companies, if that was the case.