> I can't understand what parallel you're trying to draw here. The IE 6 monopoly did not arise because of a DRM standard; it arose because Microsoft killed its

> I can't understand what parallel you're trying to draw here. The IE 6 monopoly did not arise because of a DRM standard; it arose because Microsoft killed its competition by giving its browser away for free with Windows. That's correct on the cause. But the cause of why a monopoly comes into being doesn't matter. The effect is what matters, those years spent with the web standing still technology wise. Just like microsoft managed to kill other browsers because they bundled it with their OS, they're now trying to kill other browsers by bundling them with the one and only DRM that will make Netflix work.