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this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2023
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If this DRM can force you to use Chromium to display a webpage or content, that would be the most anticompetitive thing in recent times, and would absolutely not fly.
That's why they want to make it a web standard, so they can just blame Firefox and others for not following the standard and avoid EU fines.
That's what Microsoft did with their office document standard.
I have limited understanding of the technical side of this issue, but based on this comment, this sounds like a brilliant move by Google - Don't like the rules of the game, change the game...
Edit: for clarification, this comment was very tongue in cheek - I don't support Google, this was just an acknowledgement of a smart business play.
When politicians do it, it's "corruption." When normal people do it, it's "crime." When capitalist parasites do it, it's "smart business."
Double standards for yay! Smart business doesn't preclude moral/ethical cesspools