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> This is almost always why DRM is used. No, DRM is used to extend control to media players and manufacturers via licensing. The rest are just excuses.
by jevoten 5y ago
> This is almost always why DRM is used.
No, DRM is used to extend control to media players and manufacturers via licensing. The rest are just excuses.
- qeternity 5y agoGiven that most DRM these days is implemented in the apps that license the content, I'm not sure this is remotely true. Maybe in the disc era there was truth to this, but even then I'm not sure that it was a greater concern than lost revenues due to piracy.