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I wonder if Mozilla is in communication with Matchstick.tv developers? http://www.matchstick.tv/ http://www.matchstick.tv/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/

by listic 11y ago

I wonder if Mozilla is in communication with Matchstick.tv developers? http://www.matchstick.tv/ http://www.matchstick.tv/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-the-streaming-stick-built-on-firefox-os https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matchstick/matchstick-t... Matchstick developers have gathered quite a lot of support for their croudfunding campaign, by promising an open software and hardware TV streaming stick due this February, and for a low price ($16+). Then, come February, they pissed off the vast majority of their supporters by suddenly announcing the 6-month delay in favor of things like hardware upgrade and DRM support, which none of their backers actually asked for. If it turns out that they were not in communication with Mozilla and their vision for Firefox OS TV's is incoherent with Mozilla's, then this project will truly end up a poor application of users' money and trust, bordering on a scam. Actually, a lot of supporters have lost faith in crowdfunding, and, presumably, Firefox OS, as it is; demanding their money back - not that Kickstarter supports it, after the project's been funded.

jdboyd 11y ago
Their backers may not have asked for DRM support, but they did ask for supporting services that require DRM, such as Netflix. I participated in the kickstarter. What I am interested in is less a physical product and more an open platform, but I suspect we won't actually be getting that.
- Caspy7 11y ago
  The DRM is being implemented via EME which is a sandboxed* plugin that's invoked by the app. If you don't use it you don't get it. There is no monitoring or reaching into other parts of the app or OS. Firefox (the desktop browser) allows you to disable the EME (which also deletes the plugin). This would be expected behavior on Firefox OS as well. You seemed to indicate that the DRM addition would make it not an open platform so though I'd share that as it still seems like a potentially positive situation. *at least in Firefox

by listic 11y ago

jdboyd 11y ago

Their backers may not have asked for DRM support, but they did ask for supporting services that require DRM, such as Netflix. I participated in the kickstarter. What I am interested in is less a physical product and more an open platform, but I suspect we won't actually be getting that.

Caspy7 11y ago
The DRM is being implemented via EME which is a sandboxed* plugin that's invoked by the app. If you don't use it you don't get it. There is no monitoring or reaching into other parts of the app or OS. Firefox (the desktop browser) allows you to disable the EME (which also deletes the plugin). This would be expected behavior on Firefox OS as well. You seemed to indicate that the DRM addition would make it not an open platform so though I'd share that as it still seems like a potentially positive situation. *at least in Firefox