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> by displaying some informative message instead that lays the blame where it belongs to: the website. Surely the website will detect FF and instead of serving
by ben0x539 13y ago
> by displaying some informative message instead that lays the blame where it belongs to: the website.
Surely the website will detect FF and instead of serving an encrypted stream, display some informative message laying the blame with Mozilla and link to a DRM-enabled browser download.
- pgeorgi 13y agoOf course they're free to do that, like they are now. So instead of installing a plugin, the user is now expected to install a new browser (with different UI and everything) _and_ a plugin for the DRM implementation. That surely helped the DRM vendors' cause.
- madeofpalk 13y agoOr, the user would see their browser not supporting Netflix, think it's a poor product and which to a 'superior' one.
- pgeorgi 13y agoA browser that refuses to implement EME is an inferior set-top box. Question is if becoming Hollywood's set-top box is really Firefox's (and Mozilla's) mission.
- chris_wot 13y agoJust because a browser implements EME doesn't mean it can still play content. It needs a CDM written for it first. What if that CDM requires an underlying DRM system that only runs on one OS?
- asadotzler 13y agoThey don't have to install a new browser. Most users already have IE on their system and it'll work just fine with no effort at all except clicking on the blue e.