Submitted by t3g on Sat, 06/29/2013 - 04:59
HTML5 in Netflix... but with a price
Sat, 06/29/2013 - 04:59
Seems to be IE11 for now with the Microsoft created PlayNow DRM and encrypted media extension that the FSF tried to fight with its Hollyweb campaign. Of course this is H264 and not WebM which makes it a bigger issue. Microsoft "helped" with their transition from Silverlight, but its merely moving from one inconvenient and proprietary method to the next.
Will this then force Chrome/Chromium and Firefox to implement Microsoft‘s tech in order to support Netflix and related media sites in the future? If so, that's a horrible step back for the once open web if we are handcuffed by Microsoft yet again to support their monopolistic practices.
