[nailer]

I thought nespresso had DRM to stop other coffee pods.

[occamrazor]

No DRM, but patents on the machine and the capsules. Enforceability of the patents varies a lot between countries, so in some there are non-Nespreso capsules, in others there aren't.

[mnem]

No DRM as far as I can tell. You can make your own pods with simple kits which are basically just an empty capsule and some foil you stick on the top.

[Reason077]

Indeed. Lots of supermarkets and coffee brands in the UK sell their own Nespresso-compatible pods, often much cheaper than the "real" ones.

In Germany, Nestle tried and failed to ban sales of unlicensed pods:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandcon...

[sirkneeland]

I think you're thinking of Keurig's K-cups (a different and of course wholly incompatible means of coffee capsule thingy)