3 ms·
Where did they say that? You can get lots of drm-free games and software. Going out of you way to do that is like only getting fairtrade whatever, a bit unusual
by diffeomorphism 4y ago
Where did they say that? You can get lots of drm-free games and software. Going out of you way to do that is like only getting fairtrade whatever, a bit unusual and restrictive but hardly "stop participating in society".
- boomboomsubban 4y agoYeah, but my friends may not care. Unless I select my friends based on free software views or enforce my dogma on my friends, participating in society will often require compromises.
- mrtranscendence 4y agoTrue that compromises of some sort are always necessary, but I think you folks are overstating the degree to which refraining from DRM would be tantamount to withdrawing from society. All sorts of people could in principle almost entirely limit themselves to DRM-free software and media with minimal withdrawal from society. You happen to have friends you want to play online games with, but my brother doesn't, and neither does my girlfriend, or other people I know. There are other challenges (maybe they work with companies that require them to use Office 365), but they could limit their contact with SaaS or DRM in their personal lives. They won't -- they frankly have no particularly good reason to from their perspective -- but they could.
- diffeomorphism 4y agoSure, just like going for a non-fair coffee with friends. > will often require compromises. That is true for everything and hence an incredibly boring argument.