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So what's the alternative, exactly? Before EME, you needed Flash or Silverlight to view DRM-ed content like netflix. Someone making a brand new web browser would similarly need to support a Flash plugin or Silverlight plugin to compete. Such a developer could choose not to bother with a Flash or Silverlight plugin, but couldn't they also choose not to bother to implement EME? What's changed?


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