From the article: > Mozilla's ill-judged adoption of the EME standard downgraded Firefox from a long-standing beacon of software freedom to a well-featured bro

From the article: > Mozilla's ill-judged adoption of the EME standard downgraded Firefox from a long-standing beacon of software freedom to a well-featured browser much like any other. I think we need to level up our understanding of how power structures are changed. Either you have an intense revolution, or you have incremental change marked by constant compromise and iteration. In the absence of revolution, which would entail somehow revamping the copyright regime in every major political region (US, EU, Asia), Mozilla had no choice but to implement this stuff in order to stay in the game. It's infuriatingly easy to stay pure on the sidelines, just like it's infuriatingly easy to be a senator in a safe state casting moral aspersions towards senators in swing states. But senators in swing states get things done; they're on the front lines of change. Mozilla's getting things done, working against both entrenched corrupt political and corporate interests, and armchair technological purists. The way to help the situation isn't to criticize organizations like Mozilla for compromising. It's to change the environment so compromise with corrupt institutions isn't necessary.