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>If you want DRM, you use a plug-in or a separate application. There's no reason that an app like Netflix or whatever can't use pure-HTML for everything but the video-stream and use a plug-in based object for the stream.

That's exactly what this standard would allow.

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That's how it is now without a standard. We don't need a standard for stupid anti-UX features like built in DRM

And I seriously doubt with EME that it will change this way. I work for a media company, Flash is used not just for its DRM but because our ad vendors don't care about HTML5 support. It's why we can't move forward with HTML5 outside of mobile.

You do realise that 'mobile' now accounts for > 50% of pageviews?

Which means that your ad vendors actually about HTML5 support. They just do not know it yet.

We already have a standard for stupid anti-UX features built in. It's called NPAPI.

Except the plugin is the responsibility of the browser, not them. This is effectively a way to shift the maintenance burden on browser and OS vendors.

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