![]() ![]() Those concerns are true of both Silverlight and Adobe’s CDM, but at least with Silverlight the plugin was installed on a per-user basis as opposed to an automatic install for everyone. ![]() The big concern with closed source programs is that you can’t look at the code to see if it’s threatening privacy by leaking data, or if it has a giant security vulnerability that no one knows about. The main problem is that Firefox, which is an open source browser, now downloads and installs a closed source solution by default. At face value, it may appear like you’re trading one DRM-playing plugin for another, but the change has been a source of contention within the open source community.
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