Re: Is EME usable regardless of the software/hardware I use ?

I completely agree with you. It seems though, we don't have enough money for this argument to mean anything. 

Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>>> The W3C Mission is to "lead the World Wide Web to its full potential
>>by
>>> developing protocols and guidelines that ensure the long-term growth
>>of
>>> the Web" [1]. It is difficult to see how EME (or in fact any w3c
>>spec)
>>> can defeat that.
>>
>>But also:
>>
>>"One of W3C's primary goals is to make these benefits available to all
>>people, whatever their hardware, software, network infrastructure,
>>native language, culture, geographical location, or physical or mental
>>ability."
>>
>>The *sole* purpose of EME is to interop with closed-source proprietary
>>blobs called CDMs.  These will most assuredly not be available to all
>>people regardless of hardware, software, network infrastructure, and
>>geographical localtion.  They will probably not cater for those who
>>speak non-mainstream languages, and who are physically disabled.

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