The web used to be a very open place. But as commerce and big players started operating within it, the influence of money and power came with it. And that's what this is.<p>I can watch movies in my browser today, and i can't just 'download" them. Maybe i missed a memo, but this isn't the problem it gets made out to be - that there is no way to distribute movies without DRM in browsers, is not so true. There is - it's maybe just not perfect, or ideal.<p>And I recognize the current solutions are not perfect. But once you let a little DRM in, it paves the way for so much more.<p>My concern is a web that cannot be explored - basically reverting back to flash. Ironically, this is one of the mechanisms used presently for DRM. Which - is fine. But remember when most sites were flash based? What's to stop the major players from DRM'ing everything just because they can?<p>This won't make the web a better place. We won't see new tech or new possibilities - just more bullshit and more frustration. It will serve corporate interests well, but not ours. So with this the web becomes more for them, and less for us.<p>I'd love to be wrong, and see this play out in a tasteful manner. But knowing the players involved, that's not likely.