[encrypted-media] Un-F*** The Web - Abolish DRM (#465)

ndugger has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/encrypted-media:

== Un-F*** The Web - Abolish DRM ==
The introduction of DRM has created a closed web. It is no longer feasible for "indie" browser developers to fulfill the contract that the w3c has laid out before us. It's a real shame that we let big companies bully an entire free and open platform into closing its doors. This is the end of a free and open web.

https://blog.samuelmaddock.com/posts/the-end-of-indie-web-browsers/

I recommend that we either petition to abolish DRM from browsers, or we petition Google and Microsoft to make their CDMs more freely available. Microsoft's fees for use of FairPlay are completely asinine, and apparently Google's communication surrounding Widevine is sparse and inconsistent.

If you say that you're free to implement your own CDM, feel free to take a look at Widevine's architecture: https://web.archive.org/web/20180122175750/https://storage.googleapis.com/wvdocs/Widevine_DRM_Architecture_Overview.pdf -- It's not so simple.

The barrier for entry should not be so high to the point of being unattainable.

Either the platform needs to change, or the companies abusing their power to monopolize the platform need to change.

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/encrypted-media/issues/465 using your GitHub account

Received on Thursday, 9 January 2020 13:21:08 UTC