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> Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo are not developing game consoles out of anything but an incredibly evil greed - they are wasting insurmountable amounts of raw m
by Nition 7y ago
> Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo are not developing game consoles out of anything but an incredibly evil greed - they are wasting insurmountable amounts of raw materials making computers that cannot be used as computers.
I think this is a bit harsh. Is artwork a waste of good canvas?
(I guess to be fair to you here, at least canvas is a renewable resource)
- zanny 7y agoThere isn't an appropriate analogy for IP based DRM because the real world doesn't behave like intellectual property. I was trying to come up with some convoluted analogy about making art on a gold plated easel that self destructs every decade and burns any canvas besides a specific size that is put on it, but just trying to formulate a physical analog hints at the absurdity of it all. Actually, wait. You buy a tractor but you can only use it on certain days of the week and it permanently shuts off after 3 years and stops working if you try to attach a snow plow to it. Except that is already the reality of John Deere products being DRM locked and not owned by the buyers.
- DaiPlusPlus 7y agoI thought the John Deere thing was only to the extent that they locked-down their users from tweaking their firmware - not that their firmware actively tries to frustrate use-cases like attaching a plow or disabling the tractor after 3 years?
- rasz 7y agoEver replaced a blown fuse? Air filter? oil? requires authorized service technician with special lets call the mothership to reauthorize tool.