[borellini]

You must remember that also before EME, Netflix & co. were using DRM.

EME makes it possible to view the DRM'd content (that is there with or without EME) without installing horrible and unaccessible generic binary add ons (Silverlight, Flash) and thus gives more freedom to users. Now a Netflix heavy user can choose to consume the content on Linux, too.

[slrz]

You still need to install horrible binary plugins available only for a small set of platforms.