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I wonder if some kind of anti-DRM petition against it could be useful and effective at countering the various lobbies that actively try to pass pro-DRM laws. I

• wolfgke 10y ago
  > I have yet to find a pro-DRM consumer Every person who buys something that is DRMed is a pro-DRM consumer. Markets don't care about soap-box oratories, but only about money (this also means that if you want to know what someone really stands for, just follow their money trail).
  • TeMPOraL 10y ago
    That's bullshit, because it assumes binary choice. People may hate DRM, but still prefer DRM to nothing at all (or to perceived risk of legal problems). Hell, they may not even know that DRM is a thing - as I suspect is the case with e.g. most of the Netflix subscribers. It's like saying one doesn't care about healthy food, because one's buying the cheapest stuff in the cheapest store. But the real reason for this "revealed preference" is that one is poor, and has other necessities to spend money on.