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> I'm glad Linux/Firefox can Netflix, but I'd like it if web standards were open and not patent encumbered. The actual web standard is open. Netflix was one of
by pitaj 10y ago
> I'm glad Linux/Firefox can Netflix, but I'd like it if web standards were open and not patent encumbered.
The actual web standard is open. Netflix was one of the key players in making this an open extensible standard instead of it being an extension or plugin for browsers.
- SwellJoe 10y agoIt's still a binary blob, isn't it?
- dblohm7 10y agoCorrect. The Web API is standardized, but how the engine interfaces with the actual content decryption modules is not.
- chii 10y agothat's just a play on words. it's not an open standard if a completely unaffiliated party cannot implement the full standard (which I assume is true due to the blob for decryption).