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Re:Update on HTML5 Video for Netflix by Touche on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @04:44PM (#13934742)
The free ride stops when they add stuff to a spec that other people can't freely implement.
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Re:Update on HTML5 Video for Netflix by tptacek on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @06:01PM (#13935404)
I understand why you don't like EME DRM. I don't understand the sense in which it is free-riding.
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Re:Update on HTML5 Video for Netflix by Touche on Thursday March 23, 2017 @08:30AM (#13939163)
It's offloading the cost of implementing proprietary software onto others.
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