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Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

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757 points shak77 | 2 comments | 15 Dec 17 13:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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positivecomment ◴[15 Dec 17 14:22 UTC] No.15931950[source]▶
Out of literally all the software vendors I know, including the one I'm working for, Mozilla is the one I'd have least expected to allow such a thing. I'm very surprised (Negatively, needless to say)
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Simon_says ◴[15 Dec 17 14:41 UTC] No.15932104[source]▶
I would have said the same thing until they integrated the W3C Encrypted Media Extensions. It's clear they lost their way some time ago.
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icebraining ◴[15 Dec 17 14:54 UTC] No.15932214[source]▶
Why? They allowed proprietary extensions (e.g. Flash) from the start. I don't like it, but I don't see how it represents a loss of their way. Mozilla was never GNU.
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1. Simon_says ◴[16 Dec 17 00:15 UTC] No.15936455[source]▶
Big difference between an extension and being integrated into the browser. It's directly analogous to the difference between your OS being closed source and your OS being able to run closed source programs. The former is a liability; the latter is an ability that you grant to users to use the system the way they want.
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2. icebraining ◴[17 Dec 17 00:19 UTC] No.15943095[source]▶
The CDM modules are not integrated with the browser. The browser only has an (open source) sandbox to run them.