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> inclusion of closed source DRM Do you think if DRM is not included, will Firefox still retain 3% usage across the world?

https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

Let's put it bluntly, but libre principle does not live well with consumerism of the modern world.




So in exchange for their principles, they got to keep 3 whole percent of the market? That's a victory?

I think that's a poor argument. However, I think the stronger argument is that in this case it's actually relatively okay. Like, it'd be a better world if DRM didn't exist, but given that they lack the market power to do anything about that, EME actually seems like the least bad option:

* It's sandboxed.

* It's optional and doesn't run by default.

* Firefox prompts the user and asks if they want to run the DRM.

In fairness, I understand that there are different views on this; I stop one tiny half-step shy of the GNU/FSF position, in that I would argue that people should have complete control of their machines, but that that includes the right to run software that doesn't respect their right to control the machine.




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