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Re:Tim Berners-Lee Officially Supports DRM in HTML by SquareWheel on Thursday July 13, 2017 @08:52AM (#14760814)
A platform being simple to implement doesn't seem like a good argument against that platform, even if you dislike it for other reasons.
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Re:Tim Berners-Lee Officially Supports DRM in HTML by meesterdude on Thursday July 13, 2017 @08:58AM (#14760850)
if that platform is anti-social, you want to raise the barrier for entry, not lower it.
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Re:Tim Berners-Lee Officially Supports DRM in HTML by lordlimecat on Thursday July 13, 2017 @10:45AM (#14761662)
If the platform is obnoxious, people will abandon it for other alternatives.

You know, like the crappy ones (flash, silverlight) we've been trying to ditch for a decade now.

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