Azula@feddit.rocks to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIf Google succeeds with the new DRM policy, will that affect functionality of browsers like firefox which uses a different engine?message-squaremessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down16
arrow-up1279arrow-down1message-squareIf Google succeeds with the new DRM policy, will that affect functionality of browsers like firefox which uses a different engine?Azula@feddit.rocks to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squareTriStar@lemmyfly.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-21 year agoI doubt Firefox will give in. Much more likely is that websites start blocking it until you cannot use the internet without Chromium
minus-squaregobbling871@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoFirefox will be in a tight corner assuming every other browser vendor picks this up. They can decide to go against it but Firefox does not live in isolation. https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/05/reconciling-mozillas-mission-and-w3c-eme/
I doubt Firefox will give in. Much more likely is that websites start blocking it until you cannot use the internet without Chromium
Firefox will be in a tight corner assuming every other browser vendor picks this up. They can decide to go against it but Firefox does not live in isolation.
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/05/reconciling-mozillas-mission-and-w3c-eme/