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> Each person will be able to decide whether to activate the DRM implementation or to leave it off and not watch DRM-controlled content. At first glance this m
by higherpurpose 12y ago
> Each person will be able to decide whether to activate the DRM implementation or to leave it off and not watch DRM-controlled content.
At first glance this may seem pretty "reasonable", but it really isn't. It's like putting a backdoor in every Intel chip (such as say through TPM 2.0), and then just telling people "look, if you don't want the backdoor activated, you can disable it - Now here's the list of 10 instructions to do so..."
It's an illusion of choice, and nothing more. While some may be content that this option exists, the reality is that DRM is now getting pushed to billions of users out there through the web, as the default for soon most video platforms.
I don't fully blame Mozilla for this. In fact I blame Netflix first, and Google and Microsoft second. This Gang of Three is the one that made it happen in the first place. But I am saying that Mozilla's attempts to alleviate our concerns aren't very effective or particularly useful.
- sp332 12y agoIt's off by default, though. Isn't that the opposite of your scenario?