[eatbitseveryday]

> Try to send the industry a signal by refusing to buy encumbered books (DRM, proprietary formats, etc).

This is what animal rights activists are advocating to do with meat products in the industry. Does the technique work, universally? Does it have success? It sounds reasonable, but requires a lot of people to change their behaviors.

[slavik81]

I think it's a lot easier for DRM than for animal welfare. For one, DRM directly affects your use of the product, while animal abuse occurs out-of-sight somewhere far away. DRM has no consumer benefit, which also makes agreement easier. Where each consumer draws the line for animal abuse varies considerably and it takes significant personal research to choose brands.

[zardo]

Boycotts can work because you are able to excersize social influence and slowly change the morals of your society. What you eat is going to be something that people you interact with learn about you.

How you interact with DRM isn't something many people are going to learn about you unless you make an effort to share it.