USERS would not perceive that the hardware was at fault (and they would be right) -- just that there's something wrong with wondoze (and they would be right). FOR THIS REASON, the DRM-crap would end up in software.
RIGHT NOW, as it stands, all the DRM-crap can be done in software anyway -- even HDCP!
DRM-crap-in --> Wondoze remove DRM, send DRM-free data to "signed" driver, "signed" driver sends back decoded and still DRM-free video back to Wondoze, wondoze add in HDCP --> dump out to HDMI. Is there really any particular reason the DRM has to be in the hardware to begin with?
RIGHT NOW, as it stands, all the DRM-crap can be done in software anyway -- even HDCP!
DRM-crap-in --> Wondoze remove DRM, send DRM-free data to "signed" driver, "signed" driver sends back decoded and still DRM-free video back to Wondoze, wondoze add in HDCP --> dump out to HDMI. Is there really any particular reason the DRM has to be in the hardware to begin with?
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