▲ 900 ▼ Google's Web DRM is Worse than I Thought... (www.youtube.com) submitted 3 years ago by Remontoire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 144 comments fedilink hide all child comments This video as a text article: https://blog.nicco.love/google-drms-the-web/
[–] wieli99@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) What's keeping Vivaldi from removing it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Exactly, why don't all these chromium-based browsers which came out against WEI don't fork Chromium to maintain a base version without this bullshit? And manifest V3 while they're at it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's likely a lot of work to maintain a fork of the Chromium/Blink engine with your own changes applied to it. I'm not sure how deeply the Web Integrity API is integrated into the code, but if it's anything more than a flag to disable it, it will likely be hard to keep integrating upstream changes timely while ensuring your fork still works. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Although Chromium/Blink is forked from WebKit, it's far from being WebKit these days. But of course, Vivaldi could base their browser on WebKit or Gecko. Many of these "smaller" browsers tend to be based on Chromium though, likely because it's the most compatible (because of its marketshare). And it's likely too much work for them to switch engines now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Exactly, why don't all these chromium-based browsers which came out against WEI don't fork Chromium to maintain a base version without this bullshit? And manifest V3 while they're at it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's likely a lot of work to maintain a fork of the Chromium/Blink engine with your own changes applied to it. I'm not sure how deeply the Web Integrity API is integrated into the code, but if it's anything more than a flag to disable it, it will likely be hard to keep integrating upstream changes timely while ensuring your fork still works. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Although Chromium/Blink is forked from WebKit, it's far from being WebKit these days. But of course, Vivaldi could base their browser on WebKit or Gecko. Many of these "smaller" browsers tend to be based on Chromium though, likely because it's the most compatible (because of its marketshare). And it's likely too much work for them to switch engines now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's likely a lot of work to maintain a fork of the Chromium/Blink engine with your own changes applied to it. I'm not sure how deeply the Web Integrity API is integrated into the code, but if it's anything more than a flag to disable it, it will likely be hard to keep integrating upstream changes timely while ensuring your fork still works. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Although Chromium/Blink is forked from WebKit, it's far from being WebKit these days. But of course, Vivaldi could base their browser on WebKit or Gecko. Many of these "smaller" browsers tend to be based on Chromium though, likely because it's the most compatible (because of its marketshare). And it's likely too much work for them to switch engines now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Although Chromium/Blink is forked from WebKit, it's far from being WebKit these days. But of course, Vivaldi could base their browser on WebKit or Gecko. Many of these "smaller" browsers tend to be based on Chromium though, likely because it's the most compatible (because of its marketshare). And it's likely too much work for them to switch engines now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Although Chromium/Blink is forked from WebKit, it's far from being WebKit these days. But of course, Vivaldi could base their browser on WebKit or Gecko. Many of these "smaller" browsers tend to be based on Chromium though, likely because it's the most compatible (because of its marketshare). And it's likely too much work for them to switch engines now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent