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by gpm 2634 days ago
On a related note here's an arch linux package that rips Widewvine out of chrome and adds it to chromium - download the source files by clicking the "Download snapshot" button on the right, or just view the main script by clicking "View PKGBUILD" also on the right.

Edit: Forgot link https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/chromium-widevine/
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robertAngst 2634 days ago
There are a few solutions to this.

And... they are using chromium. Can I be sympathetic to Google because they have to pay people money to support this?

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yarg 2634 days ago
Sure, but bear in mind that they are paying that price so that they can control the internet.
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krferriter 2634 days ago
Yeah they didn't make Chrome in order to "build a better world" or whatever. They saw what Microsoft did with IE, and how it enabled the pushing of products, data collection, platform tie-in, etc. And Google thought they could do even better and make people feel good during the process, unlike how they felt using IE.
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