No it wouldn&#x27;t have - we&#x27;d just continue on the existing path of multiple different plugins with their own incompatibilities and security holes, which is strictly worse for the user.<p>Furthermore, you imply a level of informal cooperation between the browser vendors that doesn&#x27;t exist. It turns into a game of prisoners dilemma, where the first person to defect gets to claim a massive feature that none of the others do, and the others are left in worse shape.<p>I&#x27;m no fan of DRM, but again, it&#x27;s the world we live in.