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If Google succeeds with the new DRM policy, will that affect functionality of browsers like firefox which uses a different engine? (feddit.rocks)
submitted 1 year ago by azula@feddit.rocks to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It will affect for some sites, not for others. You'll no longer be able to bypass paywalls to read news, for example, because those sites will most likely adopt the DRM. Some streaming services may do the same, maybe even some social networks. But places like lemmy will still be generally unnaffected.

[–] madcow@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Why would you not be able to bypass news paywalls? As long as one user pays for the service they can then crawl the site and host the content on a separate site.

[–] azula@feddit.rocks 2 points 1 year ago

I really hope they cancel this

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

All lemmy links to another site wouldnt work then.. lol

[–] vriska1@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

How likely is Google to implement this?