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mattl06/17/20253 repliesview on HN

Yeah this feels very much the point of DRM in browsers. I will never understand why Firefox caved. This is 100% the kind of thing they should fight.


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bevr133706/17/2025

They "caved" because it's a browser for humans and lots of humans stream TV. I don't miss the daily "how can I watch Netflix on Ubuntu?" posts in different communities. Users can disable Widevine in FF.

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wizardforhire06/17/2025

In this day and age I dont understand why there isnt a more successful fork of firefox or a new opensource browser thats more succesful with privacy as a concern. My only speculation is collective lazyness and lack of sex appeal as new technologies have emerged. I’m probably biased as I lived through the browser wars. I guess I’m probably projecting combined with curiosity. I know most of the old greybeards have moved on and those of us left are stuck carrying the torch, but man it sure seems the culture has been eroded significantly. Case in point back in my day it seemed like there was a new browser every few months or so. I’m done ranting, I’ve got kids to yell at to get off my lawn.

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Dylan1680706/17/2025

This is the point? Not preventing screen capture?