[khedoros]

> But we're not all worse off for it. In fact, only a small minority who choose to be outside the mainstream are worse off for it.

But we are. Innovative ideas from fringe software tends to find its way back into more mainstream software.

> But here we're talking about being able to enjoy certain entertainment via one particular channel.

Well, and video information in general. Part of my argument was that if the technology makes it easy to "protect" content, and that becomes the standard expectation, things that shouldn't or don't need to be DRMed will be anyhow.