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Truth hurts. Is it too late to open up the web? I've already switched to Firefox.
by sergiotapia 8y ago
Truth hurts. Is it too late to open up the web? I've already switched to Firefox.
- kllrnohj 8y agoFirefox uses Google's Widevine for DRM content: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-drm https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-drm "Firefox downloads and enables the Google Widevine CDM by default to give users a smooth experience on sites that require DRM."
- Egraveline 8y agoSo did Firefox have to ask permission from google? Or do they just do it without asking? Sorry I don’t know much about this.
- toyg 8y agoI suspect the issue is that Firefox uses Widevine in a straightforward manner (play the content to one browser), whereas OP’s scenario needs some sort of additional insight in what the plugin is doing.
- rcxdude 8y agoNo, the issue is entirely that firefox has market share and any given alternative browser project does not.
- rcxdude 8y agoFirefox does need cooperation from widevine for their solution to work.
- caio-alonso 8y agoIt's never too late. Thanks for taking action.
- holy_city 8y agoIt's not the web that needs to be open (or "more" open I guess). It's the legal teams at media companies that need to be educated on how FOSS works, what it can/can't do to/for your products, and the legal implications of it in your dependency graph and your vendors'. If you walked into some of these offices and suggested making things more open, they would laugh in your face. They equate free and open software with making their IP free as in beer, and since they lost billions in revenue when the P2P sharing sites first popped up they have no interest in working to make anything easier for the smaller guys.