Firefox gets closed-source DRM

Posted May 15, 2014 16:50 UTC (Thu) by lsl (subscriber, #86508)
In reply to: Firefox gets closed-source DRM by gerv
Parent article: Firefox gets closed-source DRM

> Why have we sweated out a deal with Adobe which includes downstream support, Linux support and privacy protection when (I suspect) we could have implemented EME much easier and earlier if we didn't bother about those things?

Is Linux really fully supported? AFAIK the existing Adobe DRM implementation doesn't give the same "robustness guarantees" on all platforms. They claim a higher degree of "robustness" for the Windows variant, which IIRC led Amazon (when it still had a Flash-based alternative to Silverlight) to not offer high-definition content to Linux users.

But Andreas' blog said the CDM isn't able to gather any information about its host system, so this stuff can't possibly be a problem, right?

Firefox gets closed-source DRM

Posted May 15, 2014 17:25 UTC (Thu) by donbarry (guest, #10485) [Link]

They can't talk about it, or else they'll be encouraging trafficking.

The effect of this on the corporate culture will be profound.

As Alexander Pope wrote:

"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.”