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>>topshe+(OP)
Can somebody explain what are the practical implications of this?

>>ailef+73
Nothing will happen. People have been making the same complaints about every new crypto standard for decades, and yet here we are. TPMs are a thing, EME has been around for over a decade now, DRM on the web is as pervasive as it's ever going to get, and yet no one's user experience is any worse than it was before these technologies existed.

>>px43+15
Yes, and I am still unable to play 4K Netflix on a PC that has been able to play 4K videos for about 7 years now.

It's permanently blocked to prevent piracy, or something, mumble, mumble...

>>jiggaw+N5
It really does feel like something is fundamentally wrong when we're trending towards getting our video and audio content via online streaming but the streaming services are trending towards being gatekeepers more than facilitators.

The temporary nature of any licensing deals behind these services and the resulting lack of reliable long-term access to content have become more and more obvious.

Increasingly the streaming services seem to be so paranoid about piracy that they are blocking "unapproved" players from getting the highest quality versions of the content - as if anyone who wants to pirate any blockbuster movie can't already find a way to get it in 4K somewhere else if they really want to. Meanwhile you can't watch your 4K movie on a service you're literally paying to provide that movie. IIRC Amazon Prime Video still won't even let you have HD content if you're on Linux.

It feels like the commercial incentives for tech firms to create walled gardens and a culture of never owning anything permanently are going largely unchecked and by now the governments who are supposed to act in the interests of their people should really be stepping in with regulation to counter those negative trends.