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By allowing DRM to become a standard, it will actually help the open web, because Linux users can then watch stuff like Netflix, HBO Nordic, etc which all use s
by Systemic33 13y ago
By allowing DRM to become a standard, it will actually help the open web, because Linux users can then watch stuff like Netflix, HBO Nordic, etc which all use some closed source for displaying content, eg. Silverlight(Netflix) and Widevine (HBO). Currently its either a total hacky solution or impossible to use this on linux. Better have it standardized than a closed source restricted solution.
- ferongr 13y agoNo they won't. I doubt Linux users could be able to use Linux CDMs to decrypt EME content because they probably won't be released.
- duncan_bayne 13y agoWhat you are saying is completely untrue. Please, read the EME proposal. It is a specification for interop between Javascript and closed-source, proprietary CDMs. If there is one thing I wish that HN would understand from this entire discussion: EME will not get you Netflix on Linux!