Redis is no longer free software

Posted Mar 22, 2024 5:37 UTC (Fri) by donbarry (guest, #10485)
In reply to: Redis is no longer free software by dvdeug
Parent article: Redis is no longer free software

This feature is bowing down to the profit interests of corporations rather than the interests of an open and interoperable web, the entire original justification for which Berners-Lee I was justly celebrated before Berners-Lee II sold out.

"It's easier to capitulate before corporate interests." Well, maybe in the short term. That EME hasn't gobbled up more of the web *yet* is no justification for its existence.

I've never installed it. I've certainly never subscribed to one of the delivery services that would use it. I can't say I've ever missed it, and I also sleep well at night.

Redis is no longer free software

Posted Mar 22, 2024 6:52 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

> This feature is bowing down to the profit interests of corporations rather than the interests of an open and interoperable web

It allows corporations to provide an open and interoperable DRM that doesn't require intrusive measures or custom applications.

But it's bad because it allows people to watch TV without intrusive measures or custom applications.

Got it.

Redis is no longer free software

Posted Mar 22, 2024 11:44 UTC (Fri) by bluca (subscriber, #118303) [Link]

We did not have "an open and interoperable web" before EME, we had Silverlight that didn't work on Linux, and Flash that sometimes worked after endless tinkering completely out of reach of non-tech-savvy users.
Thanks to the EME standard interface, and thanks to corporations that maintain builds of the implementation that work, things that people actually want to use nowadays "just work" on Linux too. We are so much better off now than we were before, and it's not even close.

Would it be even better without DRM? Of course, but a strongly worded blog post from a height of 0.0x% of market share is not going to make that happen, because we live in a capitalist society and that's just not how capitalism works.

Pick your battles.