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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by nebabyte on Monday September 18, 2017 @05:35PM (#15279819)
"Mainline web: 0-rated DRMed Netflix if you pay ever-more exorbitant prices for our increasingly tiered package deals that make you try and remember the joy of 'cutting the cord'"

"Alternative web: Some competition without DRM, zero-rating, or other nonneutrality bullshit"

You go ahead and stick with your Netflix, buddy, and best of luck to ya.

American ISPs and legal precedent are all of course bought up by the interests building the former, but luckily I'm not tied down here.

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by nucleardog on Monday September 18, 2017 @05:43PM (#15279903)
Your assertion that standardizing DRM forces everyone to use it makes about as much sense as the assertion that teaching teenagers about condoms will make them all have sex.
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by sctb on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:37PM (#15287521)
Could you please leave out the personal attacks and instead participate in the discussion?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by nucleardog on Monday September 18, 2017 @06:05PM (#15280093)
And if we don't standardize it, no one will use DRM, right? Just like how we don't have DRM right now?
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