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From another comment, don't necessarily think of the dilemma of a netflix user, or internet browser, instead think of the of the blow to the openness of the nex
by snissn 10y ago
From another comment, don't necessarily think of the dilemma of a netflix user, or internet browser, instead think of the of the blow to the openness of the next person that wants to make a brand new web browser. For the new browser to fully compete, they now /NEED/ to set up a closed relationship with netflix, the drm provider, the other browsers. If it was an open standard, they could simply code the crypto algorithms that the standard needs and not need to get permission for the closed drm formats.
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- openasocket 10y agoSo what's the alternative, exactly? Before EME, you needed Flash or Silverlight to view DRM-ed content like netflix. Someone making a brand new web browser would similarly need to support a Flash plugin or Silverlight plugin to compete. Such a developer could choose not to bother with a Flash or Silverlight plugin, but couldn't they also choose not to bother to implement EME? What's changed?