Re:Trying to extract Widewine key: A journey to failure
by Arainach on Sunday August 01, 2021 @09:57PM
(#28032126)
>we're taking things that the world could otherwise have for free and denying it them so we can instead charge a small % for it
Are we? Where are the studios making feature-length movie-quality content and putting it on YouTube to be supported by ad money? There isn't even an equivalent to TV in that form factor. All of the new content that requires any sort of production budget (actor salaries, non-trivial special effects) is on platforms with subscription fees and DRM to require those subscription fees because we can't have these things for free.
Are we? Where are the studios making feature-length movie-quality content and putting it on YouTube to be supported by ad money? There isn't even an equivalent to TV in that form factor. All of the new content that requires any sort of production budget (actor salaries, non-trivial special effects) is on platforms with subscription fees and DRM to require those subscription fees because we can't have these things for free.