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You’re aware that is what people actually want though.
by selectodude 5y ago
You’re aware that is what people actually want though.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoWhich people? The ones that want to get rich at the expense of others, or the ones the former bamboozle into believing this is how tech should work?
- selectodude 5y agoThe vast majority of people who want to pull a television out of the box, log into netflix, and watch their shows. For them, technology is a means to an end. Nothing more.
- toxik 5y agoPeople want to consume their content, nowhere does that dictate that they sign away their rights and actual ownership of their devices that they buy with their own money. The already existing DRM is user hostile, it is about control and nothing else. Users do NOT want these things, if you took the time to explain what it means, and gave them another option. The only reason the current set of DRM malware still exists today is by artificial scarcity, and mafia-like bullying through courts. Public opinion was largely in favor of peer to peer sharing content, but that wasn’t good enough for the big boys. They wanted to be able to bring ALL other parties to their knees: cable manufacturers, display makers, computer makers, storage device makers, and of course, users. EVERYONE is now under their control. The general public is apathetic to the issue of DRM, they certainly don’t want it. But they are not given a choice. You must have a HDCP certified computer, cable and display - otherwise no content for you.