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by gnagatomo 2073 days ago
If I remember correctly, Mozilla didn't want to support video DRM but ended up adding it to Firefox[0] in fear of losing marketshare because Netflix required DRM video playback[1].

Today's browsers are just trying to keep up with whatever Chrome decides to adopt.

[0]: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/05/12/update-on-digital-r... [1]: https://www.engadget.com/2014-05-14-mozilla-bends-on-drm.htm...