Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium

Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by coffeefirst on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @09:52AM (#36877720)

Yes. Google uses chrome-only APIs in a few of its own products and falls back not so gracefully.

Which sort of underscores the monopoly point. There’s no universal free/cheap alternative to Meet, further entrenching Chromium.

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by notpushkin on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:35AM (#36878410)

How about Jitsi? https://meet.jit.si/

It's free and open source, works everywhere, has stuff like background replacement, and doesn't require signup at all.

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by FooBarBizBazz on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:54AM (#36878713)

Jitsi is super easy to use, and I still can't get older people to use it. They just hear "Zoom" on CNN so they think, "I'm supposed to use Zoom. Other things are weird." So much behavior is just driven by anxiety and habituation.

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @11:41AM (#36879605)

Well Zoom also isn't Meet, so for the purposes of this conversation that seems like an advantage actually?

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Re:Google is already pushing WEI (web DRM) into Chromium by notpushkin on Thursday July 27, 2023 @05:03AM (#36890851)

I've watched Louis Rossmann's video on Jitsi a couple weeks ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzt0tzsaWDE

He provides a nice piece of anecdata there: for one-on-one meetings, you can just send people a link and usually they just join. Even if they've sent a link to Zoom or Meet or whatever, you still can say “hey, join this instead” and it will work. I haven't tried this yet, but sounds plausible to me.

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