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Truths:
DRM is a tool.
Publishers and sellers and some authors think it helps their inventory control. (It is the equivalent of the traditional marketplace's shrinkage control.)
DRM is unique in that it causes the legitimate customers trouble after the sale.
Some authors (myself, included) just kind of shrug and say, "Well that is the publisher's business. My own problem is finding the time to write. The public can choose to buy or not, and there will be theft of course like there always is, but the publisher and seller say that they are reducing it as much as can be done."
Another thought is "I don't want the trouble of running a store. I don't want to worry about shoplifters, or just plain robbery. I hate to have to act like a policeman. Let someone else do that necessary, but difficult and poorly compensated job."
Other authors sympathize with resentful buyers for one reason or many reasons. Some just seek to ingratiate themselves with their market. Of course the ultimate way to do that is just to give stuff away. Everybody loves freebies.
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