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Fridge-based DRM to protect one business model, willful blindness to counterfeiting to protect another.

What a bleak, horrible future we live in.



Wait until you hear about Keurig coffee machines or John Deer tractors...


These kinds of things have me quitting most things recently.

I don't own a TV, don't own a car, don't drink coffee anymore, don't subscribe to any streaming service, don't have a TV, don't have social media. My internet usage basically boils down to NYT, HN, Reddit and Youtube.

I can't say I miss much of what I gave up. My life is far from deprived. The caveat is that I live in western Europe, with good public transport, accessibility to plenty of nature and many things to do outside of glowing rectangles.


It’s just what happens when you mix the spirit of legal and business imperatives with tech, but there probably was never a tipping point for a world of hobbyists. Nobody accuses the lawyer or businessman of malfeasance when they secure the business moat.


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