> Isn't DRM... Completely fucking pointless? It never ceases to amaze me how easy it is to boil frogs, even if the frogs in question are high-IQ, technically s

> Isn't DRM... Completely fucking pointless? It never ceases to amaze me how easy it is to boil frogs, even if the frogs in question are high-IQ, technically sophisticated HN readers. Right now, you can still circumvent DRM, because you can still buy something that's approximately a general purpose computer (even if it will invariably already come with some remote-acessible hardware level spyware outside your control). But if current trends continue, this will not be the case by the end of the decade. Also, preventing private individuals from receiving and distributing unauthorized copies is only one way in which DRM is useful to companies.