If you look at it from the point of view of an engineer, it appears to be mania: it doesn’t provide DRM despite implying it does (to some extent), and it’s uncl

If you look at it from the point of view of an engineer, it appears to be mania: it doesn’t provide DRM despite implying it does (to some extent), and it’s unclear to what extent it actually encodes and stores the content. However, if you don’t look at it from that point of view, then clearly it’s filling a previously unserved niche (though that may end if users find it violates their expectations). In other words, the need for it appears to be real. The DRM issue could be addressed on the client side - if enough client applications (e.g. games) enforce the implied DRM, then that may be enough to satisfy this expectation on the user side.