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Originally Posted by Skyld
Well, I think certain things are stripped out of PMs for safety (scripts might be these days, media objects, etc), but I am not certain. On Linux and Mac, PMs are not even supporting most HTML features so there would be little cross-platform compatibility for playing media content in PMs.
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Videos aren't much of a security risk, although I could see it potentially being used to display some inappropriate content (porn, etc.) but the same risk exists by allowing images to be shown in PMs.
The onus is on the server to make sure players aren't distributing such content through moderation with GPs, not on the developer to just cut the possibility out altogether. And in some cases word filters in PMs would break the links to mature content?