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Much good that "open source" will do you if you can't get a Widevine license from Google.

https://blog.samuelmaddock.com/posts/google-widevine-blocked...

And this bullshit even before "Pax Chromana". Imagine the things to come. It's like we've learned nothing.



Widevine is DRM so there's no reason for a freedom activist to want it.


This has nothing to do with "freedom activists".

Besides, "freedom activists" don't need to watch news clips or youtube?

Or are they so short-sighted they think DRM will remain limited to entertainment services like Netflix and Hulu?

Do "freedom activists" want to live in a world where you need Google's permission to compete with their browser? Is that the kind of freedom they're activisming about? Freedom from the tyranny of non-Google choices?




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