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Yes, but the author wants to burn those movies into a really old format - DVD and then complaining that he/she can’t. I am not defending the DRM bullshit, but

Yes, but the author wants to burn those movies into a really old format - DVD and then complaining that he/she can’t. I am not defending the DRM bullshit, but this rant is making an analogy to formats and the whole discussion is framed incorrectly. It bothers me when people title their post with a hook to lure you in but then you’re sorely disappointed that it’s not about what the title said. Click bait. Edit: DVD burning is a hack to get around the fact that the car doesn’t have an HDMI port.

omg_ketchup 8y ago
That's pretty nitpicky. The DVD-burning is a hack to get around the lock-in, not their actual problem.
pushpop 8y ago
I feel your pedantry is misplaced on this occasion. While you do technically have a point, the blog article was about was about his frustrations with platform incompatibility. In many ways his arguments is more valid now than its ever been because the incompatibilities are entirely self-serving with each platform being conceptually the same as the last. Where as in the Betamax days it was at least down to differing hardware standards- each offering their own distinct advantages over the other.
- spectramax 8y ago
  I agree with some of the things about today's digital distribution and the DRM enchilada, my gripe with articles like this is about the title. I believe if the author talked about DRM, we'd have a better discussion than falling back to VHS vs Betamax in a clickbait article.
  - Jgrubb 8y ago
    I kid you not, I wrote and posted this whole thing in less than 5 minutes this morning after having bought the TV yesterday. The word "clickbait" is giving me too much credit, yet here we are.
  - pushpop 8y ago
    Naming things is hard - that goes for blog posts as well as a software projects. If all you’ve got to contribute is an ad hominem attack on an article you ostensibly agree with anyway then you really need to ask yourself who is more in the wrong here.

omg_ketchup 8y ago

That's pretty nitpicky. The DVD-burning is a hack to get around the lock-in, not their actual problem.

pushpop 8y ago

I feel your pedantry is misplaced on this occasion. While you do technically have a point, the blog article was about was about his frustrations with platform incompatibility. In many ways his arguments is more valid now than its ever been because the incompatibilities are entirely self-serving with each platform being conceptually the same as the last. Where as in the Betamax days it was at least down to differing hardware standards- each offering their own distinct advantages over the other.

spectramax 8y ago
I agree with some of the things about today's digital distribution and the DRM enchilada, my gripe with articles like this is about the title. I believe if the author talked about DRM, we'd have a better discussion than falling back to VHS vs Betamax in a clickbait article.
- Jgrubb 8y ago
  I kid you not, I wrote and posted this whole thing in less than 5 minutes this morning after having bought the TV yesterday. The word "clickbait" is giving me too much credit, yet here we are.
- pushpop 8y ago
  Naming things is hard - that goes for blog posts as well as a software projects. If all you’ve got to contribute is an ad hominem attack on an article you ostensibly agree with anyway then you really need to ask yourself who is more in the wrong here.