It is a problem that they had to ask. This line of thought is exactly how companies take over open markets and kill them. Google proposes: A) "It's fine for D

It is a problem that they had to ask. This line of thought is exactly how companies take over open markets and kill them. Google proposes: A) "It's fine for DRM to be standardized, because anyone can just ask us to use implementations like Widevine." then follows up with B) "We can't possibly be expected to handle every single request that we're given! Give us a break, this is hard." If Google wants to be the web's gatekeeper for who's allowed to stream video, then yes, they'd better be really stinking attentive to little hobby projects and startups. Because they chose to take on that responsibility. If they don't want that responsibility, then all they have to do is stop gatekeeping. Distribute Widevine as a binary blob, but come up with some universal terms so that any browser can download and distribute it without asking permission.