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Can't browser manufacturers simply refuse to implement this standard? After all if Google doesn't implement it there will be some 70% of users not able to use N
by TrickyRick 9y ago
Can't browser manufacturers simply refuse to implement this standard? After all if Google doesn't implement it there will be some 70% of users not able to use Netflix (Or whatever other service requires this) and that might be a good enough incentive for Netflix to skip out on DRM.
- realusername 9y agoDRM is only there because of Chrome implementing it, Firefox resisted but had to give up due to market share.
- leppr 9y agoYea but what's the incentive for Google ? They are a player in this space as well, and if anything they seem to want to scale up (Youtube Red, etc). (And suddenly, people remember how monopolies hurt consumers and regret giving Chrome so much market-share. Or not.)
- dakom 9y agoWidevine
- xyzxyz998 9y agoI would ask people to get off Chrome & GitHub. Chrome for future of browsing and github for future of development. There are wonderful (I'd dare and say better) alternatives very easily available. "As long as monopoly doesn't hurt me, why should I care."
- amelius 9y agoThis is somewhat ironic, since Youtube became big because of content right infringements.
- dasil003 9y agoCross the bridge and then burn it is a proven strategy, I wouldn't exactly consider it ironic.
- TrickyRick 9y agoWell they're implementing an ad-blocker which seems counter-intuitive for a company built on ad revenue. The same idea applies here as well, if you force advertisers to do reasonable adverts people are more likely to accept the remaining ads. Pop-unders are one of several reasons why I run an adblocker for any site I don't visit regularly.
- gsnedders 9y agoNetflix wasn't able to use DRM in Safari on iOS for years... so they just made a native app available instead. iOS is pretty significant in Netflix's home/original market, and they were happy to not have an in-browser experience there.