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htthbjk | 1 year ago

Freedom also means being free to use DRM if you want to.

Nobody is holding a gun to your head to open a Netflix account.

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coretx|1 year ago

You are right, it's not a gun, it's Widevine they hold against your head. Of course everyone is free to use DRM if they want to, however, no one should be free to expose others to the risks/consequences of DRM.

It's basically Popper on tolerance all over again. Herefore it should not be a surprise to notice that Mozilla's strategic failures already are costing us freedom.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance for details.

Jnr|1 year ago

Yes, being a browser used by small minority surely gives them major bargaining powers to rid the web of DRM.

Or it would simply make Spotify, Netflix and other similar sites not function on Firefox and reduce their market share even more.

Who knows...