Re: [encrypted-media] the EME WG is ignoring "inconvenient" issues

This has to be the least-effective advocacy argument I have ever seen.

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Gravis via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org> wrote:
> GravisZro has just created a new issue for
> https://github.com/w3c/encrypted-media:
>
> == the EME WG is ignoring "inconvenient" issues ==
> @timbl @paulbrucecotton
>
> Members of the EME WG are wilfully ignoring issues that must be
> addressed ensure platform compatibility (#166/#159) and refuses to
> remove ensnaring legal language (#157).  I have suggested many
> solutions that would work for all but a select subset of businesses
> using DRM.  However, instead of selecting the obvious solutions that
> would benefit the general public, the EME WG has chosen to ignore
> these issues because doing so would disrupt their various
> corporation's plans for [hardware
> lock-ins](http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/204319-windows-10s-playready-3-0-mandates-hardware-drm-for-4k-playback),
>  [DRM licensing
> schemes](https://www.microsoft.com/playready/licensing/) and legal
> snares.
>
> **What this all boils down too is that only one group of people will
> be able to view 100% of sites using commercial CDMs: people who bought
>  a Windows 10 computer in the last year _and_ use Chrome, Firefox or
> Edge.**
>
> This means if your CPU is from 2014, you can't view 4K content.  If
> you are on Windows 7/8.x or Apple OS X you can't 4K content even if
> it's a 4K SmartTV!
>
> **People who can view 0% of sites using commercial CDMs:**
> * anyone with a browser that is not Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Safari
> * FreeBSD users
> * everyone using PowerPC (e.g. OSX and the upcoming libre [Talos
> Workstation](https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease.php))
> * non-x86 Linux users (except Android on ARM)
> * **ALL OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURES**
>
>
> Without any members of the EME WG willing to address issues in an
> honest and open manner to ensure that the EME and CDMs comply with the
>  [Design Principles of the
> W3C](https://www.w3.org/Consortium/mission#principles) of a _Web for
> All_ and _Web on Everything_, **the EME WG should be dissolved**
> because it is composed of members that are incapable of being
> impartial due to _direct_ conflicts of interest.
>
>
>
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> Please view or discuss this issue at
> https://github.com/w3c/encrypted-media/issues/188 using your GitHub
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