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How exactly is YouTube going to implement this new stuff on millions of embedded clients, namely smart TVs and other such devices that have YouTube clients buil
by shiroiuma 3y ago
How exactly is YouTube going to implement this new stuff on millions of embedded clients, namely smart TVs and other such devices that have YouTube clients built-in, and which never get updated? If YT tried to implement some kind of DRM like this, they'll instantly lose a large portion of their userbase.
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoThey can afford to play the long game and roll it out over a decade or so if it means complete control of the web. By then old devices can be "reasonably" dropped from support for some BS Security excuse or another. Edit: an example is Windows 11 requiring new enough processors for security reasons even though it would run on older PCs.