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Morally evil? They’re giving full refunds on the books. This type of hyperbole makes it hard to take anti-DRM arguments seriously. “It’s a less desirable tec
by kenjackson 7y ago
Morally evil? They’re giving full refunds on the books.
This type of hyperbole makes it hard to take anti-DRM arguments seriously. “It’s a less desirable technology choice” feels more like the right level of angst IMO.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoGP wrote DRM is morally evil, not Microsoft. That MS is giving refunds is nice of them, but doesn't invalidate the problems with DRM in general.
- sametmax 7y agoI don't want a refund. I want to keep my books. "yeah, we take back your transplanted heart but don't worry we will give a refund so it's not immoral"
- cjg 7y agoGiving refunds isn't sufficient. The reason why trades happen is that both sides value what the other party has more. So I value a book more than I value the money the seller wants to charge for it, so I buy it. So that means that I would lose out with a unilateral unwinding of the trade. Imagine the outcry if this happened in the financial world: "Yeah, we sold you that stock, but we're taking it back now, you'll be OK because we're giving you the money back." Isn't going to fly.