On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 10:39 PM, Brandon Jones <bajones@google.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 1:17 PM Florian Bösch <pyalot@gmail.com> wrote: > >> How isn't this a gigantic technological retardation? >> > > Florian, I appreciate your concern about the technical impact of DRM > features, but this type of hyperbole doesn't help move the conversation > forward. > Is it hyperbole to point out that it's a gigantic retardation (re·tar·da·tion: the action of delaying or slowing the progress or development of something.) when I point out that we've made great progress treating content with programmable APIs, but that, essentially, baking a limited number of programmable possibilities into a hardcoded layer is a step backwards towards fixed-function pipelines. Is it really? Because... > You're giving up flexibility and usability for a sense of false security. > You're saying the same thing, just coloring it differently.
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