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BBC adds Firefox support to the iPlayer

article published on 2 February, 2008

The BBC has finally gotten their iPlayer to work with software not developed byMicrosoft. It's not a competitor's operating system, however, but rather the Firefox web browser. So while the BBC's video download service, intended to act as a sort of free DVR for people paying the licence fee that keeps the network on the air, no longer requires Internet Explorer, it does still need Windows for its DRM. ... [ read the full article ]

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atomicxl
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_ 		2. February 2008 @ 14:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This should be good enough. Almost everyone uses windows. If you use Linux, you likely dual boot with the other thing being some form of Windows. If you have a Mac, you're used to paying premium pricing and throwing money down the drain so buying a copy of Vista for Bootcamp should have about the same affect on your finances as me buying a $4.49 meal @ McDonalds.
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varnull
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No I will not pay for windows to access a service I am forced to pay for..

The BBC can go to hell with their lock in DRM media application. It is breaking the public broadcasting service charter that they rely on.. They are a compulsorily public funded body.. It should be platform independent or not at all.. a$$hats!!
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borhan9
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_ 		22. February 2008 @ 19:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So all this is, is a firefox upgrade or compatibility fix.
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