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Google is ruining the entire web (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They’re adding DRM? In what way?

[–] TeddE 68 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Basically by allowing websites to refuse to load unless the browser the operating system running the browser promises that the user isn't allowed to know what the computer is doing. And Google super duper promises this won't be used for evil.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you want to experience this kind of feature today, try streaming in 1080p or better on Linux. Worse than DVD quality even if you pay for 4K HDR, just because of DRM.

[–] GentooPhysicist 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never had this happen on YouTube or any other video streaming website.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

YouTube doesn’t use invasive DRM. It’s mainly Netflix (there’s a workaround for 1080p), Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+, etc.

[–] GentooPhysicist 7 points 1 year ago

O wow, glad I never paid for any of those then

[–] AnUnusualRelic 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

allowing websites to refuse to load unless the browser the operating system running the browser promises that the user isn’t allowed to know what the computer is doing

So they won't support Linux anymore?

[–] TeddE 6 points 1 year ago

That seems to be the message everyone is drawing from this.

I think it'll be more insidious than that, there will be Linux, but only "signed, verified" Linux will be allowed, and the only Linux distributions that will make that list are the ones with corporate or government versions. Specifically distributions like Google's Android, IBM's Red Hat, Canonical's Ubuntu, and China's Kylin.

This is still as horrible. Imagine Ubuntu winning the snap vs flatpack exchange, because their OS is 'legit', whereas every other distro is pushed out, because it's too much work to install an unsigned OS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I’m sure they fucking do lol Glad I use a combination of it, Firefox, and Opera GX now to diversify

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Everything not Firefox or Safari is Chromium based.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Then I guess I'm still glad that's in my mix lol

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can read a little about it here

I also encourage you to look at the GitHub...be warned that there are some quite angry folks on there

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Understandable lol