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Windows Media Player and Silverlight are losing legacy DRM services on Windows 7 and 8
(www.tomshardware.com)
Dozens will be affected!
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2024
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Wow, I forgot about Silverlight.
I convinced my parent company like 10 years ago to stop the push to Silverlight. We were a .NET shop so it made certain sense and we were basically writing apps, but I had to tell them that MS was killing it and it was better to stick to web apps.
I suppose VLC will still work?
Nope, not the DRM locked media
Just go to your favorite pirate site and download a DRM free copy. You already paid for a copy that microsoft just took away your ability to play.
Absolutely, DRM is bullshit. Even Apple stopped using it - and not just for iTunes but also for streaming downloads.
you will own nothing...