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Open source software can never be completely "gone". The "OMG EVERYTHING WILL BE DRM" panic is not new. We've had widely available DRM back when Flash was supe
by floatboth 9y ago
Open source software can never be completely "gone".
The "OMG EVERYTHING WILL BE DRM" panic is not new. We've had widely available DRM back when Flash was super popular. And still, to this day, the only DRM'd thing is movies.
- mfukar 9y agoThe only thing? What about computer software? Maybe you meant to type 'the only thing I care about'.
- floatboth 9y agoI actually don't care about movies, very rarely watch them at all. The vast majority of video I watch is YouTube. I meant to type "I never actually saw DRM on the web in person". Also, proprietary desktop software is still usually "protected" by just a serial number :D
- JadeNB 9y ago> Also, proprietary desktop software is still usually "protected" by just a serial number :D The ineffectuality of most DRM isn't really an argument for it (or even just an argument against arguments against it), though.
- mfukar 9y ago> Also, proprietary desktop software is still usually "protected" by just a serial number :D Not really; there's a lot of sophisticated DRM going around at least since the 70's..