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Did Apple actually support this proposal? Seems like their own self-interest would want them to reject this. The lack of a standardized web DRM would push developers to native apps which benefits Apple. And web DRM doesn't benefit the iTunes eco-system.

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Safari has supported for DRM for quite a while. It was the first browser to support Netflix without a plugin.

Notably Safari on iOS was the largest browser to not support Netflix prior to this.

Though since there is an app for iOS, I doubt many people cared.

Well, it's still not standardized web DRM. It's an API to access DRM. Chrome/Firefox can use Widevine, but Safari will only use Apple FairPlay.

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