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by 482794793792894 3173 days ago
As far as I understand it, you need tight coupling between the browser and the OS to implement the sort of deep-reaching DRM that Netflix/Hollywood wants for 1080p. That would explain why Edge on Windows and Chrome on ChromeOS can do it.

Personally, I see it as a plus that my browser/OS combo does not support this. There have to be horrid security implications that just wait to be unturned.

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Indeed: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_window...

Insistence on DRM ironically is causing the opposite effect - wider piracy of DRM-free versions.