Re:Can This Web Be Saved? Mozilla Accepts DRM, and We All Lose
by kevingadd on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @06:45PM
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It's open source - actually open source. If they make the CDM on by default, you change a bool in the .cpp file and recompile it.
Really, come on. You should understand this. Firefox isn't like Chromium, where the 'blessed' Google version, Chrome, has dozens of important features sitting behind proprietary black boxes - the Firefox you download off Mozilla's website is something you could literally compile yourself. I've compiled Firefox dozens of times, sometimes with in-development patches for things like gamepad support added in.
Really, come on. You should understand this. Firefox isn't like Chromium, where the 'blessed' Google version, Chrome, has dozens of important features sitting behind proprietary black boxes - the Firefox you download off Mozilla's website is something you could literally compile yourself. I've compiled Firefox dozens of times, sometimes with in-development patches for things like gamepad support added in.
Your fear is pure paranoia.