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by type0 3389 days ago
> That completely destroys universality.

You're right. Also this is terrible for both the creators and the consumers since it promotes anticompetitive behavior by giant distributors. Here is a great interview with Doctorow on why DRM is a terrible idea, he uses publishing as an example but the idea applies to other creative branches - https://youtu.be/ZXu-_LBrf24?t=1800