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		sp332 on May 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla Launches a New Firefox Version Without DRM... "We see DRM in general as profoundly hostile to all three of: users, open source software, and browser vendors who aren’t also DRM vendors." https://brendaneich.com/2013/10/the-bridge-of-khazad-drm/ "We very much want to see a different system. Unfortunately, Mozilla alone cannot change the industry on DRM at this point. In the past Firefox has changed the industry, and we intend to do so again. Today, however, we cannot cause the change we want regarding DRM." https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/05/14/drm-and-the-challen... "this is a radical, disheartening development in the history of the organisation" http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/14/firefox-cl... So no, it's not really more subtle than reported. This is Firefox fighting and losing.

pdkl95 on May 12, 2015 [–]

This is Firefox giving up without even attempting a fight.

sp332 on May 13, 2015 | [–]

Just because you haven't been paying attention doesn't mean they haven't been fighting.

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