DRM is actively keeping FireFox from having HDR or 4K support on some video sites.
There's not a technical limitation to FireFox implementing those things, just an anti-consumer bullshit limitation.
DRM is evil.
@EposVox
Okay, I'm going to put myself out here & likely take abuse. I work for a major streaming service that implements DRM.
You know what happens when we don't implement DRM sufficiently? Our content gets stolen widely.
We get thoroughly assaulted. It's an ongoing battle between the organised criminals, and believe me there are many criminal gangs doing this, and the rights holders to stop this theft.
We'd love to not apply DRM and allow content everywhere, it costs alot and creates hassle
@bobdvb While I don't know the specific platform, virtually all DRM-protected content is freely available through piracy anyway. It doesn't actively stop pirates and simply harms consumers. Always has. Piracy is usually an accessibility problem when it comes to people who would have ever paid in the first place. Studies repeatedly show this.
@bobdvb Tho I will admit it does seem more of a problem for PPV events and such. But even still it results in big problems for users for EVERYTHING just to protect one thing
@EposVox
One concession I potentially have is that there's a great potential in content watermarking to hold people accountable for their redistribution.
But invisible watermarking makes our delivery costs twice as much, ultimately costing much more than DRM.
While at the same time invisible watermarks reduce video quality while not being perfectly robust.
@EposVox
People breaking into houses is often not stopped by locks, but we still lock our doors at night, we don't exist in a nihilistic world in that regard.
Through content protection, not just DRM, the idea is to limit unauthorised redistribution and trace it.
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