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Your choice of browser matters — Google's Web DRM and the open internet (fosstodon.org)

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Your choice of browser matters — Google's Web DRM and the open internet

https://grafcube.codeberg.page/blog/2023/08/06/web-drm-api.html

I wrote this blog post to inform the people I know who aren't as tech savvy or otherwise don't put any thought into their choice of browser. Another goal is to help get enough awareness on the topic and make sure it fails.

@opensource @privacy #webintegrityapi #WEI #google #mozilla #chrome #firefox #chromium #foss #opensource #OpenWeb #privacy #drm #nodrm #drmfree #freesoftware #browser

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[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

It will because websites will not drop support for 20% of users, they might if it is 3%. This is how product owners make decisions on browser support.

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