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> and have to deal with low quality video because their FOSS tech stack doesn’t pass the DRM sniff test with flying colors

They shouldn't have to if the software is properly made. I am not talking about teaching normies to install Docker apps, but teaching them why FOSS is important and the implications of using corporate-owned tools.

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My point is that DRM isn’t something that FOSS has any control over, and is becoming an increasingly common strategy to discourage using third party software because it forces compromises.

So when the DRM doesn’t work and you get a degraded experience, pitching anybody who isn’t really interested in the ecosystem of technology is pretty much impossible. One tech stack works well, one doesn’t. That’s all one cares about

In that better FOSS world, there would be no DRM nonsense. DRM complicates everything because it is a nonsense.

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