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If you want to make a browser and show any content encrypted with Widevine (which is the majority of DRM content), you need a Widevine license, and they straigh
by snek 7y ago
If you want to make a browser and show any content encrypted with Widevine (which is the majority of DRM content), you need a Widevine license, and they straight up refuse to issue those. How are you supposed to compete with Chrome when Google prevents you from playing Netflix and Spotify?
- Mikeb85 7y agoSpotify has native apps on all platforms (even Linux). Netflix works on Firefox (even on Linux). Not sure how Google is preventing anything...
- Dylan16807 7y agoIsn't Netflix stuck at 480p without properly working widevine?
- Mikeb85 7y agoNot sure because it downloads Widevine by default.
- Dylan16807 7y agoNow I'm not sure what your argument is. When the problem is "they refuse to issue Widevine licenses", it doesn't really matter that a browser as huge as Firefox managed to get one. It wasn't "if you want to use Linux", it was "if you want to make a browser". Also the Widevine authorized for Linux is only 720p on Netflix.
- Mikeb85 7y agoThe point is you don't need to worry about a browser playing DRM because most platforms have native apps for the only uses a browser needs DRM for...
- Dylan16807 7y agoOkay, but I'm not sure how well I can reconcile "you don't need it in the browser at all" and "it was considered important to force it into a browser standard".