> You didn't answer my question:
> 
>  | [The bug] says that firefox-esr only downloads this proprietary
>  | software after explicit user action.  Is that right ?

I'd say, no that's not right. User action is required, but that action doesn't 
explicitly request that additional software be downloaded. If the user opted in 
to downloading software this would still be questionable, but this 
functionality in firefox doesn't even clear that bar.

If the "Enable DRM" preference is ever enabled, the software is automatically 
downloaded and installed transparently in the background. There are two ways 
that preference can be enabled:

 - Checking "Enable DRM" in preferences.
 - Visiting a page with a DRMed video on it.

When you visit a page with DRMed video a yellow nag bar appears at the top of 
the page with the text "You must enable DRM to play some audio or video on this 
page", as well as a single "Enable DRM" button. Users click off these nag bars 
without reading them - so it's questionable that this is further user 
interaction than simply pressing "play" on a video. But even if you do read the 
text, in neither case are you requesting a software download.

DRM in Firefox isn't an addon, it's a preference. The implementation of 
enabling that preference is to download a proprietary component.

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