comment by kleinbl00

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kleinbl00 · 3938 days ago · link · · parent · post: "DRM is designed on the presumption that users don't want it, and if they could turn it off, they would."

Oh, no doubt. I bought a Roomba off the guy; hung out at his house for like half an hour.

On the one hand, the DMCA is bullshit and anti-competitive. On the other hand, without some form of rights management you end up with an even more ugly, even more restrictive system.

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user-inactivated · 3938 days ago · link ·

Wait, you bought a Roomba from Cory Doctorow?

+discuss