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		Dylan16807 on June 4, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome, the perfect antitrust villain? Now I'm not sure what your argument is. When the problem is "they refuse to issue Widevine licenses", it doesn't really matter that a browser as huge as Firefox managed to get one. It wasn't "if you want to use Linux", it was "if you want to make a browser". Also the Widevine authorized for Linux is only 720p on Netflix.

Mikeb85 on June 5, 2019 [–]

The point is you don't need to worry about a browser playing DRM because most platforms have native apps for the only uses a browser needs DRM for...

Dylan16807 on June 6, 2019 | [–]

Okay, but I'm not sure how well I can reconcile "you don't need it in the browser at all" and "it was considered important to force it into a browser standard".

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