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Indeed. Sites like gog.com and itch.io indicate to me that the nerd-hate of DRM lives on. I don't have a Netflix subscription and I haven't knowingly bought a D

Indeed. Sites like gog.com and itch.io indicate to me that the nerd-hate of DRM lives on. I don't have a Netflix subscription and I haven't knowingly bought a DRM 'd device ever. I even go as far as removing the widevine library when forced to use Chrome, for example. We're losing the war, but we do fight on.

danuker 4y ago
> We're losing the war I am not losing any war. Content restricted by DRM is not worth watching to me. The best content is produced by real people (such as commenters on HN), not large companies. DRM customers will have to find out the hard way that as soon as the DRM server has a glitch, they're unable to see the content they paid for. Hell, even an expiring contract might make some ebooks you bought [1] or the music in your game disappear [2]. No thanks. [1] https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106989048 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106989... [2] https://www.resetera.com/threads/some-of-gta-ivs-music-licenses-expire-later-this-month-and-songs-will-be-removed.35209/ https://www.resetera.com/threads/some-of-gta-ivs-music-licen...
- nonrandomstring 4y ago
  > Content restricted by DRM is not worth watching to me. That's a good principle, and a hard bar to meet when the content is free, but still encumbered. A chap from our local dads group was really keen to share his Disney+ account with me. That's actually a "legitimate" thing, I guess Disney want to get other people's kids hooked so they have a "share with a friend" scheme. I have to admit it was a struggle for us to decide against using a free child pacifier service.
  - azalemeth 4y ago
    It causes some friction with my partner as well. I won't watch Channel 4, 5, or similar services that use DRM – only the BBC. I've written extensively to the other channels stating why I won't use their DRM'd offerings and get a stock reply. I keep on banging the drum, however.

danuker 4y ago

> We're losing the war I am not losing any war. Content restricted by DRM is not worth watching to me. The best content is produced by real people (such as commenters on HN), not large companies. DRM customers will have to find out the hard way that as soon as the DRM server has a glitch, they're unable to see the content they paid for. Hell, even an expiring contract might make some ebooks you bought [1] or the music in your game disappear [2]. No thanks. [1] https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106989048 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106989... [2] https://www.resetera.com/threads/some-of-gta-ivs-music-licenses-expire-later-this-month-and-songs-will-be-removed.35209/ https://www.resetera.com/threads/some-of-gta-ivs-music-licen...

nonrandomstring 4y ago
> Content restricted by DRM is not worth watching to me. That's a good principle, and a hard bar to meet when the content is free, but still encumbered. A chap from our local dads group was really keen to share his Disney+ account with me. That's actually a "legitimate" thing, I guess Disney want to get other people's kids hooked so they have a "share with a friend" scheme. I have to admit it was a struggle for us to decide against using a free child pacifier service.
- azalemeth 4y ago
  It causes some friction with my partner as well. I won't watch Channel 4, 5, or similar services that use DRM – only the BBC. I've written extensively to the other channels stating why I won't use their DRM'd offerings and get a stock reply. I keep on banging the drum, however.