Install Widevine prompt should include more DRM background information

[Madis0]

Description

Running EME on a site for the first time makes Brave ask the user, whether they'd like to install it. While that's a good thing, it also has a big piece of text, explaining:

• Widevine is from Google
• it's bad but you choose
• we take no responsibility

However, it lacks information on:

• what DRM itself is
• why it's bad
• where can user manage it (Add an option in Settings to install/enable and uninstall/disable Widevine Plugin (Muon parity) #2791)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open https://permission.site/
2. Click "Encrypted Media (EME)"
3. Note the popup

Actual result:

Expected result:

Expected a short popup with one-sentence description and a link to read more. Something more like Firefox, but with an actual explanation.

Example text:

Widewine is a Digital Rights Management plugin by Google, used to give users access to protected content by displaying it in a controlled environment. Read more

The "read more" should link to a Brave article explaining what a DRM is, how it works, why it's bad, how Widevine works and how to install/enable/disable/remove it.

Reproduces how often:

Easily reproduced

Brave version (brave://version info)

1.10.60

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? Probably
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Yes
• Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel? Probably
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Probably

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? No

Miscellaneous Information:

Related: #2791

[rebron]

cc: @rmcfadden3 If you think we should revisit update our widevine screen.

[rmcfadden3]

@rebron — sorry for the delayed reply on this one. I'm actually OK with the text here. Yes, it's long. But 1) it seems good that users have all the info here rather than having to click through to a help page, and 2) my sense is this is not a commonly seen message, so it wouldn't affect very many users.

But correct me if I'm mistaken in those assumptions and you think we should edit.

[Madis0]

2. my sense is this is not a commonly seen message, so it wouldn't affect very many users.

Pretty sure Netflix, Amazon Prime and the like are commonly used and everyone would see this text on their first try.

[rmcfadden3]

Ah, didn't realize how frequently this message might appear.

Will investigate new / better copy, and a corresponding help doc with more info that people could click through to.

[rebron]

cc: @Brave-Matt We'll be updating the text here and will need to Support documentation to match.

[rmcfadden3]

@rebron — here's new copy for the Widevine message. Note the "Learn more" will point to a support page that explains more. Also note the "X" beside the header is meant to allow user to close the message without making a decision.

Header:

• [sitename] is asking you to install Google Widevine X

Body:

• Widevine is sometimes needed to play media on a webpage. It’s a Google extension loaded from Google servers, which Brave cannot inspect. By installing, you’ll agree to Google’s terms of use. Learn more. [https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023851591-How-do-I-view-DRM-protected-content-]

CTAs:

• Block
• Allow
• Change later at brave://settings/extensions

[rebron]

@rmcfadden3 What did you want to do with the Change later at brave://settings/extensions CTA? Do we want to just include it as text and link in the body or how did you want to incorporate that one.

[simonhong]

Below is our latest widevine permission bubble.
This one has additional footer area and it uses general site permission and Learn more link for all permission bubble.
Instead of this, how about customizing this footer area for widevine specific settings and learn more link?

[simonhong]

@rmcfadden3 @rebron How about this?

[rmcfadden3]

@simonhong — that looks really good. The only thing I'd suggest is changing the order in the message footer, so it's clear that "Learn more" will tell you about Widevine, rather than settings in general. So the footer could read:

"[Learn more about Widevine](URL goes here). Change later at brave://settings/extensions."

[rmcfadden3]

BTW, I just checked in w/ Mattches to see about publishing a support doc so you have an endpoint URL for that "Learn more about Widevine" text.

[stephendonner]

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Steps:

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. loaded https://permission.site
4. clicked on Encrypted Media (EME)
5. looked at the resulting Widevine dialog

• Confirmed the text change.
• Confirmed the Learn more link goes to https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023851591-How-do-I-view-DRM-protected-content-
• Confirmed the in-browser chrome link goes to brave://settings/extensions

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