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You are correct in asserting that the EME should become standardized, and that Netflix is participating in that process. I should not throw stones unless I'm w
by isomorphic 13y ago
You are correct in asserting that the EME should become standardized, and that Netflix is participating in that process. I should not throw stones unless I'm willing to help.
I admit to being conflicted about the philosophical need for such extensions--although I have no pragmatic objections. Netflix makes their coin by selling limited access to an artificially-restricted resource; the resource would probably not exist in its present form without the restrictions.
However, as someone who lived through web development in the 1990s, my brain shut off after reading "away from using proprietary" followed by "Microsoft MarketingTerm".
- thezilch 13y agoI think your feelings and assertions are valid, but I can't really blame Netflix here, which was my reaction, and I don't really think you meant to paint them in that light. I feel they are hamstrung between staying profitable and trying to court the dinosaurs that are content providers. It always strikes me as odd that it would appear the "internet crowd" would both like to abolish advertising (re: commercials) _and_ DRM (re: subscriptions). I don't know that Netflix or Steam exists without the later, and I much prefer the "price" I pay for that "burden" over the alternative(s?). And I have to say, it's hard for me to cast stones at MS for the innovations IE5 brought to market, in the late 90s. It's pretty crummy to subject MS to feelings that only manifested many years later and only because of things they didn't do -- continue supporting and innovating in the browser space. We're just pissed it was so good that people could hold onto it until pried from the cold, dead hands.
- weavejester 13y agoWhy do you equate DRM with subscriptions? It's perfectly possible to have subscriptions to content without DRM.
- wmf 13y agoA DRM-free subscription service would immediately lead to a ripper tool that would download everything in one month, which would immediately lead to Hollywood studio execs pitching hissy fits.
- tbirdz 13y agoGOG is a DRM free game distribution service, and they seem to be doing well even despite the ease of pirating a DRM free game.
- wmf 13y agoGOG is not a subscription service where you could download every game for less than $10.
- weavejester 13y ago"A DRM-free subscription service would immediately lead to a ripper tool that would download everything in one month" Why would anyone bother doing that when they could just download what they wanted over bittorrent?
- giovannibajo1 13y agothey would bother because it's not easy for rippers to get eg HD video rips before the bluray version of the movie is out. So at the very least, it's making rippers' work much easier, and it brings the date when HD content is available on torrent from "whenever bluray is released" to "whenever it is available for streaming", which we are all crossing finger to become "when it is released in theaters".
- weavejester 13y agoWhatever gives you that idea? HD rips usually show up a few hours after an episode first airs.
- cdcarter 13y agoMovies are a much different story.
- weavejester 13y ago
- Daiz 13y agoEME should most certainly NOT become standardized, as the future it will bring is even bleaker than the one we have with Flash and Silverlight as far DRM and compatibility goes. Instead of a few NPAPI-compatible solutions, we'll likely have dozens of proprietary DRM binary blobs that will have even less compatibility on average than Silverlight does at the moment. This is not the kind of thing that we should be encouraging.