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> For the last 2 years I’ve been working on a web browser that now cannot be completed because Google, the creators of the open source browser Chrome, won’t all

> For the last 2 years I’ve been working on a web browser that now cannot be completed because Google, the creators of the open source browser Chrome, won’t allow DRM in an open source project. It can too be completed, you're just not gonna have DRM'd content. I have a browser that has the same problem, and I just leave pages that can't do video playback (which doesn't include YouTube because they use WebM). There's still value in a non-DRM'd browser for most of the web, and hey, if enough of us use one maybe sites will start being more liberal in the licensing of their video (but let's be honest, probably not).

_bxg1 8y ago
You're right in general, but the OP's browser seems fairly useless without it
- johndavidback 8y ago
  Yes - reading the post it appears OP's specific value proposition is keeping DRM'd videos in sync. This reminds me of watching Dawson's Creek with my girlfriend in 8th grade - we'd call eachother on the phone and watch the show at the same time. Anyway this would be the browser version of that, from what I understand.
  - akhilcacharya 8y ago
    The hack some people have is to just stream the browser. I do that sometimes using Parsec and it works reasonably with GPU hardware encoding.
    - imtringued 8y ago
      Why bother with parsec when rabb.it exists?
      - akhilcacharya 8y ago
        I used Rabbit quite a bit but latency has gotten really bad lately. The hardware acceleration and my solid upload pipe makes parsec significantly better to use.
thefounder 8y ago
Youtube has DRM and has nothing to do with WebM. It's just that not all the content is DRM-ed.
- jchw 8y ago
  Wait really? With what videos does YouTube depend on Widevine DRM?
  - nyuszika7h 8y ago
    Google Play Movies & TV, which is also available from YouTube, uses Widevine DRM. However, freely available videos and even YouTube Premium Originals do not use DRM.
    - jchw 8y ago
      Oh OK, yeah that makes sense. Honestly, I forgot that existed.
  - thefounder 8y ago
    Vevo music?
    - jchw 8y ago
      As far as I know, that is not the case for Vevo music, and software like YouTube-dl can download it without trouble.

_bxg1 8y ago

You're right in general, but the OP's browser seems fairly useless without it

johndavidback 8y ago
Yes - reading the post it appears OP's specific value proposition is keeping DRM'd videos in sync. This reminds me of watching Dawson's Creek with my girlfriend in 8th grade - we'd call eachother on the phone and watch the show at the same time. Anyway this would be the browser version of that, from what I understand.
- akhilcacharya 8y ago
  The hack some people have is to just stream the browser. I do that sometimes using Parsec and it works reasonably with GPU hardware encoding.
  - imtringued 8y ago
    Why bother with parsec when rabb.it exists?
    - akhilcacharya 8y ago
      I used Rabbit quite a bit but latency has gotten really bad lately. The hardware acceleration and my solid upload pipe makes parsec significantly better to use.

thefounder 8y ago

Youtube has DRM and has nothing to do with WebM. It's just that not all the content is DRM-ed.

jchw 8y ago
Wait really? With what videos does YouTube depend on Widevine DRM?
- nyuszika7h 8y ago
  Google Play Movies & TV, which is also available from YouTube, uses Widevine DRM. However, freely available videos and even YouTube Premium Originals do not use DRM.
  - jchw 8y ago
    Oh OK, yeah that makes sense. Honestly, I forgot that existed.
- thefounder 8y ago
  Vevo music?
  - jchw 8y ago
    As far as I know, that is not the case for Vevo music, and software like YouTube-dl can download it without trouble.