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Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by josteink on Saturday July 08, 2017 @02:10AM (#14724346)
> you want to make stuff like netflix as much of a PITA as possible?

Not op but yes, using DRM in a browser should be hard.

Netflix should just make a native app, like everyone else who needs drm do.

This clearly scopes what is open and webby and what is closed and DRMy.

Nobody has issues installing Spotify to stream music. What makes Netflix special?

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by hsivonen on Saturday July 08, 2017 @12:14PM (#14725904)
> Netflix should just make a native app, like everyone else who needs drm do.

The native app security model on desktop (i.e. can do anything) doesn't make the notion of letting streaming services run native apps look so great.

Do you really prefer giving streaming services (not just Netflix but others too) fully-privileged code execution instead of having an operating system or browser vendors exercise some oversight?

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by icebraining on Saturday July 08, 2017 @04:52AM (#14724689)
Nobody has issues installing Spotify to stream music.

Spotify does have a web player using web DRM (Widevine) and a lot of people use it exclusively.

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