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Originally Posted by ApK
Any examples? Links? I'm perfectly willing to revise my opinion in the light of any new evidence.
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Well... not to horn in here again, and I've already thrown my anecdata on the pile, but my family, exhibit A.
Look, we can all side-step the issue and say "There's no such thing as True Lock In because DRM can be removed." That's true, and anyone arguing against it is in a day dream.
BUT. DRM removal is onerous because it takes time and knowledge. That's a fact. It may not take MUCH time, and it may not take MUCH knowledge, and someone may have plenty of both/either to invest, but it is a fact that time and know-how are required for DRM removal.
So in that sense, DRM lock-in does exist.
A "lock" doesn't magically keep someone out of your house, it just slows them down a little. DRM doesn't magically prevent you from changing devices, but it does make you stop and calculate "how much time and knowledge will I have to invest to make this switch".
In that sense, I would say that anyone saying that DRM isn't a lock -- albeit an easy one to pick for certain people -- is also day dreaming.
