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> "Long-term, when the final vestiges of openly available music vanish (CDs gone, streamed content heavily DRM'd)" Thankfully the options to simply buy and dow
by KozmoNau7 6y ago
> "Long-term, when the final vestiges of openly available music vanish (CDs gone, streamed content heavily DRM'd)"
Thankfully the options to simply buy and download music in DRM-free formats are better than ever. So I don't think that prophecy will come true.
No matter how locked down mainstream music gets, there will always be artists who will stand up for open, easy and in some cases free access to their music.
- iso1631 6y agoAnd of course there will always be torrents, usenet, irc, or whatever. Even if that weren't the case, the final choice is "don't buy that song". There is always competition, and that will always keep a lid of prices to an extent.