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Re:Save Firefox by jessriedel on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @05:26PM (#11679449)
I mostly agree, but isn't it plausible that a centralized standard allows DRM to become more prevalent? Right now lots of copyright-able content is begrudgingly released freely to attract eyeballs, but that could decrease if DRM becomes more seamless.
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Re:Save Firefox by Karunamon on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @05:37PM (#11679532)
The DRM makers still have to write, ship, and get people to install the decryption piece - EME just gives it hooks into the browser (and allows said plugin to be appropriately sandboxed, restricted, and treated like the hostile black box piece of crap that it is).

So in other words, probably not any more than the current system.

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Re:Save Firefox by slrz on Friday May 13, 2016 @04:25PM (#11693005)
Just that now, the CDM piece ships by default in Chrome, Safari, IE/Edge and is automatically downloaded on demand on Firefox. They're probably fine with ignoring the existence of any other browser.

See about:plugins on Chrome to see for yourself.

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Re:Save Firefox by jessriedel on Thursday May 12, 2016 @08:16AM (#11682791)
Good answer, thank you.
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