The disappointing part of this is that, with the trend of turning every goddamn thing into a web app these days even when it isn't the best tool for the job (which already has security implications due to the lack of diversity in tech stack), it would make it prohibitively difficult to control what software you run on your own computer, and probably even to inspect it for security. What a mess...
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Unfortunately, I bet it's going to end up exactly like it did with WC3 EME, as linked in the 2014 article mentioned few comments after the one you linked:
I know of people recommending Chrome (not Chromium) because it has Flash Player natively incorporated, so you no longer have to install it separately.
This serves to prove that the majority of users doesn’t know about either the technical or ethical differences in the software they are using.You may also think of the pirated software the are using,but this is a different matter. Ignoring this marketshare goes against Mozilla’s idea of a web available to everyone, not to mention that Firefox is no longer the most used browser as it used to be a a few years ago and it is therefore forced to comply with this kind of requests.
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