It's a false dichotomy. Snapping features from paid-for devices, or taking away content people paid for, is shitty and should be legally banned. DRM is a tool

It's a false dichotomy. Snapping features from paid-for devices, or taking away content people paid for, is shitty and should be legally banned. DRM is a tool, like an electric drill, and you can use it to build a house or kill someone. I'm happy to pay less to rent a film online subject to constraints such as time or single device, and for DRM to enforce that. I reject the idea that my printer stops working because I used third-party ink. DRM is an implementation detail. Finally, there's nothing noble about piracy, even if you pirate things from asshole corporations. I'll agree that it is less bad in the context, but still. Victimless crime or not, someone owns IP to whatever you are after, and using it without their permission is not some kind of civil disobedience.