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by throw10920 814 days ago
Widevine (or any other DRM-based "proof of human" solution) would be far less compute-freedom and privacy respecting than a captcha.

Hashcash[1] was invented two and a half decades ago and is still the best solution. It doesn't require manual work or user privacy invasion and deters mass spammers.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash