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by Mindwipe 806 days ago
> Just to focus a bit on DRM/Widevine: the fact that Google decides who can use Widevine absolutely helps them to weaken competing platforms / OSes.

There are multiple other widely used DRM systems. PlayReady is very licensable (it's just not free), and used by many sites. Fairplay is also widely supported. Adobe would probably still sell someone Primetime if they could find someone to pay for it. Until very recently some of the largest pay TV operators in the world (Sky et al) didn't support Widevine and required installation of third party helper software from a different DRM provider.