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I cancelled my subscription since I received a notification that my browser is not supported. Perhaps I should have mentioned my issues with DRM as well, but this may have gone too far. One message is clear, too many messages are noise.

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[–] eatham@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I doubt that they read those

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish Firefox didn't support DRM of any kind.

DRM is a mistake and shouldn't be considered a "web standard"

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree DRM sucks, but if Firefox didn't support it, even more people would flock to Chrome. You can disable it though.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you though? It still involves bundling non-free software that is basicly malware (software the harms the user)

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, you can disable Firefox's DRM feature, which means DRM code will not run and you won't see DRM-protected content.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That doesn't completely remove it though

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes, disabling it doesn't remove it, but you can also remove it entirely if you want. Here are Mozilla's instructions (it's pretty easy). And here's Mozilla's post about implementing it, which also links to how to remove it. They supported completely opting out from day one, including opting out before Firefox has a chance to download the proprietary DRM code.

[–] speaker_hat@lemmy.one -1 points 2 years ago

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