Chrome's next release will make DRM mandatory

An interesting problem has come to light for Google Chrome users, revolving around the browser's built-in DRM scheme for accessing content on services such as Netflix. With Chrome 57, the next major Chrome release, Google will disable the plugin settings page chrome: That means anyone who wants to disable any built-in plugins, including the DRM decryption module called Widevine, can no longer do so. It's likely the vast majority of Chrome users just leave the Widevine decryption setting as is. F...