| I don't get why implementing DRM support is the "original" sin. The DRMd content is playable in basically all modern browsers, generally at a lower quality level than what one can get via "native" apps that implement DRM in a more "secure" manner. What would have happened if mozilla fought (and won) this DRM battle? At best, the same content at its lower quality levels would have been playable in the browser (i.e. non in a non DRM manner), but the DRM would have still existed at the higher levels for the "native" apps to use. At worst, it wouldn't have been playable at all in the browser. And perhaps somewhat in the middle, it would have been playable in the browser, but at a lower quality level than what is available now. I'm not sure how this is fundamentally different than allowing patent encumbered codecs in (i.e. either things wont work in browser, or they will work worse in browser). One might argue that its not, but that undermines then the concept of "original sin" as the patent encumbered codecs occurred first. I also don't get the argument that someone would have "hacked" in support being an argument for not including it. If someone could hack in support, and that version would be come the version people use (instead of the ideologically pure version), what exactly does one's ideological purity get? "No one" (a bit of hyperbole) is using that version. |