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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by shawnee_ on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @05:12AM (#15282939)
> The only company on the list of browser makers that really has any desire to try to exclude DRM is Mozilla, and unfortunately, if they do that, the users will switch to the browser that makes watching Netflix easiest.

This is simply not true. Netflix's entire business model is based around one thing: video content delivery. It started with DVDs in red envelopes, and has evolved to be app-based streaming now. Neither of these two things has any relevance to web browsers.

Netflix's wish to be able to provide its content on as many platforms as possible for the lowest cost? Yes, that would make a lot more sense for why they are pushing this. Not an enticing enough argument for destroying web browser-based DRMs imo.

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by bridge_ro on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @10:43AM (#15285055)
I agree. I'm curious as to what percentage of Netflix users primarily stream through a web browser rather than an app. I know my personal experience amounts to basically nothing but I can't even remember the last time I watched something on Netflix through a browser. I just have a hard time imagining that a lack of Netflix would kill Firefox.
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