Allow user *not* to download Widevine
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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chromium-browser (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Nathan Teodosio |
Bug Description
As all software in about:component
Due to the nature of Widevine, namely non-free software to access DRM-gated media, users should be able not to have it installed and thus possibly arbitrarily loaded, especially if they do not actually ever access such media.
A --disable-
A viable solution is to implement a flag to disable just Widevine.