Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium

Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by lnxg33k1 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @09:29AM (#36877337)

I don't have a Google account and don't use any Google service, still think that this libertarian message is bullshit, how do you do the free will if the web starts deciding which OS/Browser are authorised to do something? I am not sure we are talking about free will or useful idiots

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by scarface_74 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:00AM (#36877849)

And how will “breaking up Google” help if the “Chrome company” is still implementing DRM?

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by lnxg33k1 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:04AM (#36877924)

Because you break the interest of showing ads from google search/adwords, to the interest of surfinh web freely of those who would work on chrome

Now google has both the need to show ads, and direct power on what people use to see those ads

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by scarface_74 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:09AM (#36878004)

How do you think the “Chrome company” would be funded?

How is Firefox funded today.

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by lnxg33k1 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:11AM (#36878018)

Is Firefox consistently trying to find ways to show you ads? Are they working on technology that helps profiling you?

One thing is funding, keeeping independence, another is controlling

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by scarface_74 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:28AM (#36878316)

They get 80% of their funding from Google. Do you think they are going to change to a “privacy first” search engine?

And Firefox already supports Google’s WideVine DRM

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-drm

What makes you think they won’t support this?

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by lnxg33k1 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:29AM (#36878334)

Are you sealioning me?

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by scarface_74 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:34AM (#36878400)

I think it’s kind of naive to think a company that gets 80% of its funding from Google is going to go out of its way to protect you from the same company or that it won’t implement the same proposed DRM standard when it already implemented the older one.

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by lnxg33k1 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:37AM (#36878431)

But if firefox is full of tech to prevent privacy leaks? They incorporated a vpn, strict mode, containers, third party cookie block, dnt, etc.. what the fucking hell are you talking about?

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by scarface_74 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @11:03AM (#36878877)

They are sending you to Google for searches. Everything else is irrelevant if you are concerned about Google getting information about you.

If you think that Firefox won’t include DRM because of “freedum”, there is an existence proof that they will - they support WideVine.

How can Firefox be “independent” of Google when 80% of their funding comes from Google?

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