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0 pointsprobably_wrong11y ago0 comments

By agreeing to incorporate DRM in the browser Mozilla is, according to that comment, agreeing to let the problem get worse.

One of the characteristics of cable TV is, precisely, that you don't get access to the content if you don't pay. DRM is one way of achieving this, and Mozilla in this case is accepting that without even a struggle.

If I understood the parent comment correctly, that is.

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winslow11y ago

This is incorrect.

Mozilla fought the DRM implementation more than any other browser. They were at the point where they unfortunately had to implement it, otherwise their user base wouldn't be able to access services like netflix etc. At that point it's better to keep your user base instead of them switching to another browser and having no voice.

probably_wrongOP11y ago

You raise a good point. I'm not smart enough to give a good reply to the issue on my own, so instead I'm going to quote the relevant part of the FSFs statement[1] from a different discussion[2]:

> We understand that Mozilla is afraid of losing users. Cory Doctorow points out[3] that they have produced no evidence to substantiate this fear or made any effort to study the situation. More importantly, popularity is not an end in itself. This is especially true for the Mozilla Foundation, a nonprofit with an ethical mission.

[1] https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-condemns-partnership-between-mo...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7749108

[3] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/14/firefox-cl...

winslow11y ago

I'd argue you are smart enough to give a good reply. You've given your reference material as well (which I should have done previously). You are reading and engaging in Hacker News topics, this means you are way above the "average" person. You are smart enough to give a good reply :)

Dylan1680711y ago

...there's nothing wrong with paying for content as a concept, and you can record cable broadcasts. This argument makes no sense.

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winslow11y ago

This is incorrect.

probably_wrongOP11y ago

You raise a good point. I'm not smart enough to give a good reply to the issue on my own, so instead I'm going to quote the relevant part of the FSFs statement[1] from a different discussion[2]:

[1] https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-condemns-partnership-between-mo...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7749108

[3] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/14/firefox-cl...

winslow11y ago

Dylan1680711y ago

...there's nothing wrong with paying for content as a concept, and you can record cable broadcasts. This argument makes no sense.

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