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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by doix on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @04:53AM (#40974692)
If the DRM is coming from Google, I'm sure they'll take that into consideration when designing it. Feels ripe for an anti-trust lawsuit, but IANAL so who knows.
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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by jimkoen on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @05:02AM (#40974743)
With that logic, wouldn't Widevine DRM already be ripe for an antitrust lawsuit? Genuine question.
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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by doix on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @06:44AM (#40975261)
When I wrote the comment I was imagining Google using the tech as a moat to stop other search engines from indexing DRM protected content. I guess if they shared it and "all" search engines could index the content, it would probably be fine? I'm guessing that's why Widevine is "fine".

But like I said, I'm not a lawyer and have no idea what I'm talking about.

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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by account42 on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @11:43AM (#40977591)
It would be if antitrust regulators were not asleep.
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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by cynicalsecurity on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @07:02AM (#40975372)
EU would destroy them.
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