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		Natfan on Jan 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lawsuit aiming to break up Facebook group Meta can... Try making a web browser that supports Widevine (Google's DRM for web browsers) and see how far you get. Back in 2019, someone tried exactly this and was blocked by Google as they didn't want another web browser on the market: https://blog.samuelmaddock.com/posts/google-widevine-blocked...

endisneigh on Jan 12, 2022 [–]

Does edge, brave and Firefox all support it?

remram on Jan 12, 2022 | [–]

Brave is based on Chromium, Edge is migrating to Chromium.

endisneigh on Jan 12, 2022 | | [–]

So? The grandparent was also chromium.

remram on Jan 12, 2022 | | [–]

Good point, if building on Chromium you still need to get approved by Google for Widevine.

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