Maddock: The End of Indie Web Browsers

Samuel Maddock writes that the adoption of the "encrypted media extensions" by the World Wide Web Consortium has had just the sort of effect that people were worried about four years ago. "No longer is it possible to build your own web browser capable of consuming some of the most popular content on the web. Websites like Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and others require copyright content protection which is only accessible through browser vendors who have license agreements with large corporations."

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