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by CaptSpify 3733 days ago
> If the W3C doesn't standardize DRM we'll still get DRM. It will just be more buggy and with more security holes. Just like MS Silverlight and Adobe Flash.

Honestly, this is what I want. That way, people will roll their eyes at installing "yet another plug-in". It'll be hacky, and terrible, and people will want to get rid of it. Standardizing it is basically accepting it as inevitable, which I don't view to be true.
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thirdsun 3733 days ago
I'm not so sure - don't confuse the general consensus on HN with the wider public. Average Joe won't think twice about clicking "install" on that dialog that tells him to install Flash in order to watch the movie he's been looking forward to.
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CaptSpify 3732 days ago
I have no stats on this, only anecdotes, but most people I know are annoyed at having to install flash, or java, or any other plugins. They usually will, but they are still annoyed. That's the first step, IMO
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thirdsun 3731 days ago
Of course they are, but in my opinion it's more of the "oh, there's another iOS update already?" - kind of annoying. It interrupts whatever they were intending to do, but I rarely see any real objection attached to it. Then again, it's all just anecdotes.
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