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> I don't buy, support, or condone DRM'd media this is good, but it would also be helpful if you supported the anti DRM movement. Some people have developed wa
by 2h 4y ago
> I don't buy, support, or condone DRM'd media
this is good, but it would also be helpful if you supported the anti DRM movement. Some people have developed ways to get around certain DRM such was Widevine, from dumping your own CDM to Widevine proxy. Just ignoring the problem is not going to make it go away. Over the last two years DRM use for streaming content has increased significantly. If you want to really help, I would look into contributing code to these projects, or donations.
- lupire 4y ago[flagged]
- theyeenzbeanz 4y agoWe don’t want to deal with having to be forced into having specific hardware, operating systems, and browsers to watch content we paid for. I’ve had perfectly good monitors that were before HDCP was a thing, and these sites gimp the quality or outright refuse to play media because the monitor didn’t have some bogus technology.
- rwmj 4y agoEven as someone who isn't in the slightest interested in unauthorised copying of content, watching videos on anything which isn't VLC on my laptop is such a PITA that I never do it.
- jimmydorry 4y agoDRM has a huge impact on what I consume. For example only being able to watch Netflix at 720p due to running a *nix distro.
- ViViDboarder 4y agoI'm not seeing how that doesn't help support DRM? It does nothing to dissuade content gatekeepers from employing restrictive DRM on their sites. Anti-DRM would be avoiding anything that gives money to those that employ DRM to incentivize the removal of the DRM. Frankly, flat out piracy (streaming ripped content) is more likely to result in the removal of DRM than making it appear that the DRM is working well for the provider.