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> This isn't any different from the compatibility issues across desktop operating systems. You wouldn't expect a mac desktop app binary to "just work" when doub
by notyourwork 10y ago
> This isn't any different from the compatibility issues across desktop operating systems. You wouldn't expect a mac desktop app binary to "just work" when double-clicked on a Windows OS.
It actually is a completely different issue. The web is a standard, browsers implement that standard. It isn't perfect but its not the same intention as different OS architecture.
- sidlls 10y agoYes, hence my comment about the argument being made null by the existence of a standard--but that's only in theory. In practice, often because of OS-driven constraints (e.g. the desktop vs Android version of any given browser), different tradeoffs with respect to the quality, breadth, and depth of implementation differ. The point is this: the existence of a standard doesn't guarantee uniformity in implementations.
- notyourwork 10y agoBased on that premise, why do we even have a standard? Oh yea, because of the intention for interoperability.
- BuuQu9hu 10y agoA standard _allows_ for uniformity, the only barriers are technical. CDM providers are actively _preventing_ uniformity. There is a massive difference.