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by M95D 1332 days ago
What happens when wordpress starts using DRM for images, or even text? How many websites the browser "won't force you" to visit then? DRM is now one .js link/plugin/dependency away from any website.
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Then I just stop visiting the sites that use it, while everyone else will just continue to do so while bitching about not liking it.

It's really simple: You either use sites with DRM and thereby accept it, or you don't. There's no point in crying about how browsers shouldn't even give you the choice.

Can I really stop visiting sites that use javascript? All of them use it. Can I really stop visiting websites that load facebook? Google trackers? Sure I can. And then I can cancel my internet service too.

If anyone applies DRM on html, you can't even use ad blockers anymore.