> One of the most widespread is Google’s Widevine and avoiding its footprint today is almost futile.
I don't know about that. Brave asks me if I want to install the widevine extension and I just say no and go elsewhere. I guess it's possible that I just don't know what I'm missing, but it's been fine so far. Now that I'm aware of the circumvention effort though, I'll probably look into it.
I haven't ever bought DRM content, and actively delete widevine from every browser I encounter. It's amazing how often it's used for adding unique IDs, amongst other evil purposes.
That's true. I found the whole streaming thing kind of finicky back in the day so my habit is to torrent the whole thing up front so that whatever problems I might have half-way through a movie are all self inflicted and not associated somebody's downtime.
I don't know about that. Brave asks me if I want to install the widevine extension and I just say no and go elsewhere. I guess it's possible that I just don't know what I'm missing, but it's been fine so far. Now that I'm aware of the circumvention effort though, I'll probably look into it.