I believe the issue is not about the video player per se, but the specifications that are going to be (or are already there) added to HTML as a standard. As I

I believe the issue is not about the video player per se, but the specifications that are going to be (or are already there) added to HTML as a standard. As I see it, it kind of looks like it help DRM, first by legitimizing it, i.e. it doesn't carry the same weight if it's something proposed by only one corporation ("these guys are crazy and don't know what they are doing") vs the weight it carries by virtue of being part of the HTML standard ("if it's a standard it must be already accepted by everyone so it must be good!") And second, by preventing fragmentation among DRM solutions, i.e. it will be easier for DRM users (not end-users) to interact with one another and even innovate and pass on that innovation (licensing, etc) instead of fightning among them like it happens nowadays (i.e. SecuROM vs their competition, etc). Again, that's what it seems to me, but maybe someone else can provide a different explanation?