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Re:Google resumes transition to Manifest V3 for Chrome exten... by shiroiuma on Thursday November 16, 2023 @09:22PM (#38298538)
How exactly is YouTube going to implement this new stuff on millions of embedded clients, namely smart TVs and other such devices that have YouTube clients built-in, and which never get updated? If YT tried to implement some kind of DRM like this, they'll instantly lose a large portion of their userbase.
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Re:Google resumes transition to Manifest V3 for Chrome exten... by I_Am_Nous on Thursday November 16, 2023 @09:50PM (#38298786)
They can afford to play the long game and roll it out over a decade or so if it means complete control of the web. By then old devices can be "reasonably" dropped from support for some BS Security excuse or another.

Edit: an example is Windows 11 requiring new enough processors for security reasons even though it would run on older PCs.

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