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Honest question: What is the benefit of running a native application inside a browser window instead of standalone?
On the face of it, that may be right, but privacy and independence are lost. Victim buyers discover they can't do anything without either paying more money or being online (ie. under surveillance from the GooglePlex).
Honest question: What is the benefit of running a native application inside a browser window instead of standalone?
Google captures greater profits and influence by flogging people its DRM-infested ChromeOS machines for cheap, claiming they are hyper secure. On the face of it, that may be right, but privacy and independence are lost. Victim buyers discover they can't do anything without either paying more money or being online (ie. under surveillance from the GooglePlex).
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Google captures greater profits and influence by flogging people its DRM-infested ChromeOS machines for cheap, claiming they are hyper secure. On the face of it, that may be right, but privacy and independence are lost. Victim buyers discover they can't do anything without either paying more money or being online (ie. under surveillance from the GooglePlex).
Could you please elaborate about DRM in ChromeOS?
http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromeos-graphics-readin...
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Could you please elaborate about DRM in ChromeOS?
To support Netflix and similar Google plans to implement DRM on these platforms. They have expanded their offices in LA over the last few years. They seem to be using not only conventional DRM as a layer of protection, but also a trusted platform module (TPM) protected boot sequence that validates that the environment has not been tampered with prior to executing the DRM-related code. I believe they are also using op…
What all the docs in that link are talking about is the Direct Rendering Manager.
Every single ChromeOS machine also has a developer switch, which will let you put whatever you want on the machine.
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To support Netflix and similar Google plans to implement DRM on these platforms. They have expanded their offices in LA over the last few years. They seem to be using not only conventional DRM as a layer of protection, but also a trusted platform module (TPM) protected boot sequence that validates that the environment has not been tampered with prior to executing the DRM-related code. I believe they are also using op…
Errr, your link points to documentation about DRM in the linux kernel, which isn't the same DRM you are talking about. What all the docs in that link are talking about is the Direct Rendering Manager. Every single ChromeOS machine also has a developer switch, which will let you put whatever you want on the machine.
'Developer mode' that disables consumption of things you have paid for on a machine that has virtually no storage? Sounds great. Why do you seem to support them?
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What version of Chrome are you running? It needs version 25, which is fairly recent.
Fairly recent? More like bleeding-edge. I saw the same text. I am running Mint 14 (based on Ubuntu 12.10) and my version is 24.0.1312.56.
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Errr, your link points to documentation about DRM in the linux kernel, which isn't the same DRM you are talking about. What all the docs in that link are talking about is the Direct Rendering Manager. Every single ChromeOS machine also has a developer switch, which will let you put whatever you want on the machine.
Oh OK, I didn't actually read those I was just posting the likely link that popped up on a search. Feel free to do your own research then. 'Developer mode' that disables consumption of things you have paid for on a machine that has virtually no storage? Sounds great. Why do you seem to support them?
Yes, developer mode erases the machine for security reasons.
I don't see to support them, I do support them on this (I actually am not a fan of chromeos in general), because it is still a huge step forward over almost all available newer "locked" machines available.
Your solution is what exactly?
It seems they've done the best pragmatic thing they can do here. It enables DRM and content for those who want it. Those who don't, can still do what they want with the machine. If you want to have your cake and eat it to, yell at netflix/et al. It's not like Google has an real leverage here. They've tried for years to get anywhere with other strategies.
Honest question: What is the benefit of running a native application inside a browser window instead of standalone?
Weird, looking at the manifest, I see it asks for permission for "socket": [ "tcp-connect: : " ], but when I try to use that in my own app, I get the message "socket" permissions are only allowed for packaged apps. I am quite frustrated by the confusing mix of extensions vs "legacy" apps vs "hosted" apps vs the newfangled "packaged" apps. The chrome web store is extremely confusing and the documentation is all over t…