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Your choice of browser matters — Google's Web DRM and the open internet (fosstodon.org)

submitted 1 year ago by grafcube@fosstodon.org to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Your choice of browser matters — Google's Web DRM and the open internet

https://grafcube.codeberg.page/blog/2023/08/06/web-drm-api.html

I wrote this blog post to inform the people I know who aren't as tech savvy or otherwise don't put any thought into their choice of browser. Another goal is to help get enough awareness on the topic and make sure it fails.

@opensource @privacy #webintegrityapi #WEI #google #mozilla #chrome #firefox #chromium #foss #opensource #OpenWeb #privacy #drm #nodrm #drmfree #freesoftware #browser

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[-] ferralcat 28 points 1 year ago

I was in dehi recently. Poverty is kinda nuts there, but I noticed everyone had phones, even people who obviously had no home. I assume kinda shitty phones, but it makes you realize a bit how important access is. If someone releases an iOS only app with no web version, they're basically saying fuck you to all those people.

Same same for this though. Googles saying "as long as you use our stuff you'll be fine, and why wouldn't you use our stuff because it's free! (Sometimes kinda sorta). And if you're stuck with something else for some reason, fuck you."

[-] robustjumprope@urusai.social 1 points 1 year ago

@ferralcat I agree with you in principle, but I think it is more complicated than that. Developing for a native platform is difficult. It takes time to learn. I’ve been learning iOS development for seven months now. I would NOT be able to build an android app right now. Should I avoid making the iOS app because not everyone would be able to access it?

Many times when people release iOS or Android only apps, it’s because it is too expensive and difficult to maintain codebases for multiple apps.

And yes, there are options that can compile to native apps, but these often are not able to provide a truly native experience.