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How is drm responsible for the absence of such apps? If anything it’s the dmca systems and an army of lawyers

kube-system 5y ago
Technical friction is also a factor. It’s much like speed bumps on a road. They don’t prevent people from going 50 in a 25. But they make it more of a PITA, even when a cop also might pull you over.
- dilyevsky 5y ago
  Considering the fact many popular releases hit the torrents often times before official version is even available anywhere I dont think your speedbump metaphor is really working here =)
- oriolid 5y ago
  Not really. The speed bumps affect everyone, but it's enough that one person or group cracks the DRM and makes the result available for everyone.
  - kube-system 5y ago
    It doesn’t have to be much friction to have an impact. People take the path of least resistance.
    - DarylZero 5y ago
      But it does, because of the effect just mentioned. 99.999% of people can take the path of least resistance while the 1 in 100,000 exception bears all of the friction for all of them. Perhaps though the real friction is not exactly technical but that the piracy sites don't have the same attention-capturing "feed" or recommendation mechanisms set up. Just the friction of having to make choices.
      - oriolid 5y ago
        There are still entire websites dedicated for TV shows and music (and after you have looked at them once, they show up on Android feed), Facebook and Twitter feeds, etc. And I guess everyone agrees that Netflix recommendations are not that great.
      - kube-system 5y ago
        "99.999% of people" aren't pirating media. The profits of the media industry speaks for their own success. They are doing fine.
        oriolid 5y ago
        This would leave around "70000" people globally who do. The number sounds suspiciously small to me.
        DarylZero 5y ago
        I didn't say that 99.999% of people are pirating media.
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago
  Speedbumps are way more effective than cops

Technical friction is also a factor. It’s much like speed bumps on a road. They don’t prevent people from going 50 in a 25. But they make it more of a PITA, even when a cop also might pull you over.

dilyevsky 5y ago
Considering the fact many popular releases hit the torrents often times before official version is even available anywhere I dont think your speedbump metaphor is really working here =)
oriolid 5y ago
Not really. The speed bumps affect everyone, but it's enough that one person or group cracks the DRM and makes the result available for everyone.
- kube-system 5y ago
  It doesn’t have to be much friction to have an impact. People take the path of least resistance.
  - DarylZero 5y ago
    But it does, because of the effect just mentioned. 99.999% of people can take the path of least resistance while the 1 in 100,000 exception bears all of the friction for all of them. Perhaps though the real friction is not exactly technical but that the piracy sites don't have the same attention-capturing "feed" or recommendation mechanisms set up. Just the friction of having to make choices.
    - oriolid 5y ago
      There are still entire websites dedicated for TV shows and music (and after you have looked at them once, they show up on Android feed), Facebook and Twitter feeds, etc. And I guess everyone agrees that Netflix recommendations are not that great.
    - kube-system 5y ago
      "99.999% of people" aren't pirating media. The profits of the media industry speaks for their own success. They are doing fine.
      - oriolid 5y ago
        This would leave around "70000" people globally who do. The number sounds suspiciously small to me.
      - DarylZero 5y ago
        I didn't say that 99.999% of people are pirating media.
ClumsyPilot 5y ago
Speedbumps are way more effective than cops