| These arguments are weak, and unconvincing. One particular stood out. That EME would protect user's privacy somehow. But that sandboxing, as his primary illustration of HOW that might occur, is NOT part of the standard. So, the standard does not protect the user directly. His assumption is that browser manufacturers will do so via robust sandboxing against the EME blob. (and for now, they probably will) His core argument rotates on a few points, essentially boiling down to "its better for the user to have EME than not", so having this central argument for this make sense is important. And it doesn't make sense. EME doesn't directly protect the user's privacy. It perhaps allows, via unspecified methods, a browser to do things. Maybe. Given these rationalizations, I wonder what his REAL reason for pushing EME? Fear of being left out of the conversation and wanting to be "friendly" to content interests is my top suggestion. We will see where this goes, but I don't envy the massive hit to his reputation he's taking here. |