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Google is already pushing WEI(DRM Webpage) into Chromium (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by mastermind@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It makes it more expensive to implement the DRM. Companies always consider things in terms of return on investment. If implmenting it gains x, but loses y% share of users, they will weigh it up, the more %ge of users on Firefox, the more it will cost and the less likely companies are to roll this out.

[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean...have you seen the gaming market on DRM? People point to arguments and research that it doesn't even work and it still gets implemented in the AAA games...Firefox is going to need a lot more than outrage to build a share that threatens that.

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

DRM in games exists because their market accepts that. There is no real opposition. They already shed the people that cared about that. They can make more money from the DRM and extra stuff. This isn't clear in browsers.

As for AAA, it's dead to many, and indie game dev is getting stronger and stronger.

[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I really doubt that, but I guess we'll see.