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Google bought widevine last year. Now you can use it on raspberry pi, and other devices. So while true, your statement actually is an example of google making t

Google bought widevine last year. Now you can use it on raspberry pi, and other devices. So while true, your statement actually is an example of google making the infrastructure more available under the google umbrella. Google didn't invent that particular DRM, but now that it's widespread, they have bought it outright. I don't know if their purchase included the rights to open source it in the near future, but it wouldn't surprise me. However, Amazon Prime Video, BBC, Hulu, Netflix, Spotify and Disney+ all use widevine, so I imagine there are more companies at play in this scenario than just google.

rndgermandude 5y ago
>Google bought widevine last year. Google bought widewine in 2010 >Google didn't invent that particular DRM, but now that it's widespread, they have bought it outright. It invented most of it, in the last 10 years it owned widevine. As for how open widevine is: >I'm sorry but we're not supporting an open source solution like this https://blog.samuelmaddock.com/widevine/gmail-thread.html https://blog.samuelmaddock.com/widevine/gmail-thread.html Or as Brian Bondy, of Brave, put it: >This is a prime example for why free as in beer is not enough. Small share browsers are at the mercy of Google, and Google is stalling us for no communicated-to-us reason. https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/10449#issuecomment-323800130 https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/10449#issueco... So yeah, you can fork chromium and make your own nifty browser. But do not expect being able to play any video from any paid streaming service any time soon or ever.