Azula to TechnologyEnglish • 2 years agoIf Google succeeds with the new DRM policy, will that affect functionality of browsers like firefox which uses a different engine?message-square120fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down17
arrow-up1285arrow-down1message-squareIf Google succeeds with the new DRM policy, will that affect functionality of browsers like firefox which uses a different engine?Azula to TechnologyEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-square@gobbling871linkEnglish34•2 years agoYes. If it becomes a success on Chrome, other interested parties will pressure Firefox to adopt the standard as well.
minus-squareTriStarlinkfedilinkEnglish22•edit-22 years agoI doubt Firefox will give in. Much more likely is that websites start blocking it until you cannot use the internet without Chromium
minus-square@gobbling871linkEnglish6•2 years 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/
Yes. If it becomes a success on Chrome, other interested parties will pressure Firefox to adopt the standard as well.
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/