[whipoodle]

To me the more interesting question is why this particular issue is so important that W3C felt compelled to break consensus. I think the answer to that question is a lot more revealing than another "DRM is evil vs you're an unrealistic hippie" fight. Even if we take it for granted that DRM is good... why?

[rocqua]

Given that apparently, google (Chrome), Microsoft (IE and edge) and Apple (Safari) supported the proposal, one could defend the decision as necessary to prevent obsolescence. That is, if they did not pass this, they'd just be ignored by 3 out of the 4 most popular browser producers.