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> If the social contract for DRM was "subscribe to a growing library of content for an inflation-adjusted rate", that'd be fine. Instead, the contract is "cede
by Mindwipe 9y ago
> If the social contract for DRM was "subscribe to a growing library of content for an inflation-adjusted rate", that'd be fine. Instead, the contract is "cede all your rights until there are no technological alternatives and a few monopolies own the whole market".
Hacker News everyone, where one week the film companies are evil because they won't give Netflix all their content so people can have one streaming service and the next we have "monopolies own<ing> the whole market.