Re: Is EME usable regardless of the software/hardware I use ? from Mats Palmgren on 2013-06-10 (public-restrictedmedia@w3.org from June 2013)

From: Mats Palmgren <matspal@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:23:14 +0000
To: Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>
CC: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
Message-ID: <51B61992.6070108@gmail.com>

On 06/10/2013 06:04 PM, Mark Watson wrote:
> ... yes, I will need all users to trust me
> or, more precisely, today, the plugin provider I choose or, with EME,
> their User Agent provider. The shift from "plugin provider of my choice"
> to "User Agent of the users choice" is a big shift enabled by EME.

No, it's NOT the "User Agent of the users choice" that you are asking the
user to trust - it's the *CDM* you are asking the user to trust.
A CDM that is a binary blob controlled by Hollywood.

Received on Tuesday, 11 June 2013 00:09:09 UTC