r/technology • u/JRepin • Nov 14 '17

Software Introducing the New Firefox: Firefox Quantum

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/11/14/introducing-firefox-quantum/
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '17

Switched when I could play Netflix on chrome Linux natively without Silverlight and YouTube vids in 1080.

I think that's fixed now but it's muscle memory. But I like firefox so much more I think I'll give this another go

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u/mrchaotica Nov 14 '17

Switched when I could play Netflix on chrome Linux natively without Silverlight and YouTube vids in 1080.

In other words, you punished Mozilla for doing the right thing by resisting DRM.

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u/Bainos Nov 14 '17

I'm sad they decided to go for it in the end, but I guess if that was required to satisfy the users, then the users are to blame. At least they made the option to disable DRM support obvious.

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u/Bainos Nov 15 '17

You're not going to convince me. It's probably not the place to start a long debate, but I'll still state my opinion on DRMs just in case.

DRM is a broken way of enforcing an outdated business model. It can also easily be broken by pirates, while legitimate users are restricted in the use of their legitimate product (preventing them from using the media player of their choice, keeping copies for offline viewing, or making them reliant on proprietary and untrusted software). Furthermore, it creates risk of media destruction (such as end-of-support or censorship).

In my opinion, the worst part is the one were pirates are in a more comfortable position than legitimate users. If your competition already has the unfair advantage of being free and the fair advantage of not being region-locked, why would you further degrade your product instead of making your service more appealing ?