[musicale]

> the majority of software developers here don't like digital locks on creative work so write digital keys to circumvent them

That probably explains why they never use DRM-based app stores like those from Apple, Valve, Epic, Sony, etc..

[IndySun]

No, not 'never use DRM' objects; sometimes we do. Many developers are youngsters, from disadvantaged backgrounds, poorer countries, barely scraping an existence from their non-privileged zone of society. After exerting all their energies on an idea and writing the code, will go the mainstream route just to 'get it out there', to put a toe on the ladder. They can't worry that their efforts will be circumvented, they would give up entirely.

So some things that come with caveats are worth investing in. And there is some good in the majors. Throwing out the bad without the baby is the tricky part.