> If you just have clear-text mp4 with no auth, you can just share that mp4 url, You seem to think not having this specific DRM mandates a particular transport

> If you just have clear-text mp4 with no auth, you can just share that mp4 url, You seem to think not having this specific DRM mandates a particular transport and authentication scheme? These are not at all related. Really it sounds like what is being requested is that there not be non-portable binary blobs. That's it.