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by tdrdt 1696 days ago
In the near future modern OSs will block the screenshot when you are displaying NFT content.

And also the drivers of your videocard will prevent outputting such data via uncertified cables.

There will also be a hidden watermark in case you want to take a picture of it with your camera, which ofcourse is not allowed.

/s

3 comments

You joke, but even some of the most poorly engineered streaming services, like Crave.ca, managed to implement screenshot blocking.

Seriously, this is a service whose Android app always appears as "unavailable in your region" (I'm in Canada), yet it allows mobile browsers to play the content just fine, except for the screenshot blocking.

Critics of NFTs incessantly conflate them with copyright and DRM, but it's a strawman argument.

Buyers are aware that it doesn't grant them any actual rights beyond "I can transfer this NFT".

I'm against NFTs for their environmental impact, I'm fine with their vanity.

you say /s, but this sort of shit is already slowly creeping into the tech world.