I think Mozilla has chosen to implement the standards in a loud, noticeable way, that will allow users to have maximum control over the software they choose to install. I don’t know what else they can do.
They could have stuck to their own stated principles and let the chips fall where they may. That’s how principles are supposed to work.
The belief that DRM is now being introduced into Mozilla’s products when it clearly is not.
Clearly, it is. And, that’s why this is an argument of principles and not over technological implementation issues themselves.
This horrible belief that Mozilla is somehow the last bastion of good faith that we can ever have and that they alone are fighting for a perfect and open web, all on their own.
That’s a false argument. If you look at some of the detractors, they are exceedingly experienced with open web standards.
For example:
The issue is among popular web browsers, and Firefox did stand alone in resisting DRM in this field:
