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What the industry wants should be irrelevant to a "user agent" which is what a browser is supposed to be.
by jasonkostempski 9y ago
What the industry wants should be irrelevant to a "user agent" which is what a browser is supposed to be.
- ChrisSD 9y agoOk but tell that to Google or MS, I dare you.
- jasonkostempski 9y agoI do, by using Firefox. Mozilla fought against it but eventually had their hands forced. I use it with EME disabled. Unfortunately, my voice alone wont change anything.
- ChrisSD 9y agoExactly. So long as Google is onboard they'll be some kind of DRM on the web. Mozilla isn't dominant enough to stop an alliance between the media, Google and MS. So the question becomes what sort of DRM is the least worse option?
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- belltaco 9y agoThe typical user using the user agent also wants access to "premium content", and also typically is willing to jump through several hoops to get it. Like paying a lot to cable tv providers, signing up for international VPN, risking downloading viruses, etc. etc. The danger with DRM in the browser being universally available is that more and more content will get locked behind it(say YouTube), but lets not pretend that content providers have not been willing to forgo some revenue in favor of locking things down. E.g Netflix, HBO etc.