>> because Netflix for years relied on plugins to deliver over browsers.
They still do, you have to have the Widevine PLUGIN and the Open H264 PLUGIN to play content on netflix
It is a pure myth that eme does not have plugins
>browsers have less leverage as more Netflix subscribers get their content either on set-top boxes or mobile devices (where Netflix has total end-to-end control), and fewer are stuck with browsers.
I am fine with that, I would rather have that than an HTML5 standard that requires binary plugins to work. I would rather have that then the risk EME brings to extent beyond video content to start having entire pages plugin bases, fonts DRM encumbered, and 100's of other consequences to this move that are coming
>>HTML5 does not require binary plugins in order to work.
Yet... EME opens the door, and only the Naive believe EME will start and stop at Video Content.
There are already requests for ebooks,and fonts. Images and and even web content itself is not far behind
>I agree that it's a myth that EME doesn't have plugins. What EME does is reduce the scope of those plugins.
Yes and no, if you buy in to the "perfect sandbox" myth then sure, but to believe CDM's are secure is laughable. There are too many hooks into the hardware, there as to be in order to bypass the user, for it to actually be secure.
No the security is more protecting the CDM from the user, not protecting the user from the CDM
They still do, you have to have the Widevine PLUGIN and the Open H264 PLUGIN to play content on netflix
It is a pure myth that eme does not have plugins
>browsers have less leverage as more Netflix subscribers get their content either on set-top boxes or mobile devices (where Netflix has total end-to-end control), and fewer are stuck with browsers.
I am fine with that, I would rather have that than an HTML5 standard that requires binary plugins to work. I would rather have that then the risk EME brings to extent beyond video content to start having entire pages plugin bases, fonts DRM encumbered, and 100's of other consequences to this move that are coming