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I suspect I've rubbed a few redditors the wrong way. Why does should the announcement of acquiescence to DRM have to mention Adobe? They could have announced t
by vfclists 12y ago
I suspect I've rubbed a few redditors the wrong way.
Why does should the announcement of acquiescence to DRM have to mention Adobe? They could have announced that they have capitulated first, and they are sorting out the details later. Oh no, Adobe had to get a mention. Why are some redditors in such denial?
This is really about a deal between Mozilla and Adobe in which Adobe becomes the Mozilla preferred vendor for those who seek to use DRM in Firefox, for whatever Adobe offers in return. It isn't just an announcement of acquiescence to DRM. Quite a few content providers will have to be dealing with Adobe and Mozilla will probably get a share of the income stream. Denial is not a river in Egypt.
I am not concerned about what deals Mozilla does, but they will have to deliver technical superiority faster and better and make their browser the one developers recommend to their clients if they are to survive in the long term.
- hsivonen 12y agoSince people who understand the issue understand that Mozilla is incapable of developing a Hollywood-approvable CDM, if we had just announced the intent to do EME, it would have raised a big unanswered question: Where is the CDM going to come from? Instead, whe chose to talk abour EME when we were able to answer that crucial question.