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I don't mind manufacturers making design decisions that, as a side effect, impact repairability (phones with removable batteries being the main example here). B
by ekimekim 10y ago
I don't mind manufacturers making design decisions that, as a side effect, impact repairability (phones with removable batteries being the main example here). But it's another thing altogether to add tamper indicators, DRM, etc for the express purpose of preventing people from doing things with items they own.
- twblalock 10y agoWhy shouldn't manufacturers have the right to include tamper-resistant features and DRM if they want to? If you don't like those features, don't buy the products. If enough people share your preferences in this matter, companies will start tailoring products to those preferences. If too few people share those preferences for the companies to change their products, how is that anything other than the free market at work? You are not entitled to exactly the products you want, no matter what the market for those products is like.
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