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But it is NOT platform agnostic anyway. That is my point. Right now, you have to have certain plugins to see certain sites. At this very moment. So according
by runn1ng 14y ago
But it is NOT platform agnostic anyway.
That is my point. Right now, you have to have certain plugins to see certain sites. At this very moment.
So according to the new specification, there won't be <embed> with a specified plugin in TYPE attribute (or something similar in <object>), but probably something else and similar with EME. Why does it matter so much?
If this is not passed, evil corporations will use <embed> and <object> again. If this is and browsers will support it, they will use EME instead.
Again, I can't see any big change.
- AnthonyMouse 14y agoWe should oppose the old plug-ins just like we do the new ones. The big change is that the old plug-ins have been starting to die out. People originally used Flash because it was the best way to play video in a web browser, not because it had DRM. As improvements to HTML eliminate the non-DRM need for such plug-ins, the plug-ins start to go away. Apple got away with prohibiting Flash on iOS because it became possible to use Youtube et al without it. We ought to be encouraging the legacy plug-ins to finish going away, not reintroducing new ones.