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It doesn't prevent the user from accessing it "the wrong way", it just makes it inconvenient to save an external copy.
by Scharkenberg 5y ago
It doesn't prevent the user from accessing it "the wrong way", it just makes it inconvenient to save an external copy.
- fsflover 5y agoExactly as with DRM.
- Scharkenberg 5y agoOnly in the most liberal sense of the phrase "DRM" (which IMO would be a useless definition as many platforms/apps have analogous intentional and unintentional barriers, but they're not called "DRM"), but not DRM as we know it. While the decision is on the sender's side, a crucial distinction is that the sender enjoys the same power as the recipient in the conversation - very similar to information sharing between friends IRL. Calling it "DRM" is just pedantic.
- fsflover 5y ago> as many platforms/apps have analogous intentional and unintentional barriers Now, that I'm thinking about it, it seems that the new trend of hiding the files on the disk looks indeed like a light version of DRM preventing users from doing whatever they want with their data.