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But, unlike Flash and Silverlight, they actually work well out of the box in for example Chrome and Safari. That's a first. If the alternative is installing a
by charlesdm 10y ago
But, unlike Flash and Silverlight, they actually work well out of the box in for example Chrome and Safari. That's a first.
If the alternative is installing a secondary app, I'll take embedded DRM any day of the week.
- pornel 10y agoWe've traded freedom for convenience here. You used to be able to integrate playback with any browser you like. Now you can only watch Netflix in browsers that have a contract with a Netflix-approved CDM vendor. Netflix now has both legal and technical means to control what browsers are allowed to do, and they can prevent you from using an open-source browser to avoid it.
- charlesdm 10y agoWe sure did. But for that same reason I often prefer using a commercial product with a limited functionality subset vs an open source equivalent which supports literally every feature imaginable. Convenience. It just works for what I need it to do.