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What's the problem? Don't support companies that distribute any DRM content. Standardizing DRM and propogating DRM aren't the same thing.
by dreamdu5t 13y ago
What's the problem? Don't support companies that distribute any DRM content. Standardizing DRM and propogating DRM aren't the same thing.
- higherpurpose 13y agoIt sure helps propagating it, once you have a standard all the vendors can use.
- duncan_bayne 13y agoBut all this standardises is the interop between the browser and the non-user-modifiable client component, the CDM.
- shmerl 13y agoAny standard makes it less messy and gives them more excuses to continue pushing it instead of admitting that it should be dropped. It's absurd to promote standards for unethical practices.
- duncan_bayne 13y agoYes. Perhaps I did a poor job of explaining things in my previous post. I was just trying to say that EME being standardised won't actually help standardise CDMs.
- shmerl 13y agoStandardizing DRM is bad because it prolongs its usage and makes it easier to apply. DRM shouldn't be helped in any way. It should be made harder to use for those with bad intentions who wish to proliferate it, not easier. The problem with avoiding is, that many don't understand why they should vote with their wallets and boycott Netflix, Steam and other similar services which proliferate DRM. Many readily and gladly use them. Either because they don't understand the unethical nature of it, or because they are getting used to the police state mentality, which they accept for the price of getting some service. Unfortunately, the later seems to be the case more and more.