Yeah, I have a feeling it was due to optimizations deeper in the stack, I'm just deeply unhappy that what essentially should be an interoperable API via the <vi

Yeah, I have a feeling it was due to optimizations deeper in the stack, I'm just deeply unhappy that what essentially should be an interoperable API via the <video> element was locked down in such a spectacular fashion. The edge cases of varying video providers has been really eye opening when i've been doing this project, it hard to imagine how screenreader software (or any meta-software that makes it easier for the disabled) works at all.