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Old 01-09-2023, 07:10 PM   #175
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
In my personal opinion, this is not a change in DRM but rather an issue with Amazon disallowing downloads by older K4PC and K4Mac applications based on publication date.
I was wondering about this, if it's possible that the change has little to do with a desire to close gaps in their DRM. Could it simply be one step towards "standardizing" and "simplifying" to avoid dealing with legacy software, antique hardware, and obsolete (to them) file formats in order to reduce IT costs? Creating DRM difficulties is just a side effect? Perhaps not an unwelcome one, yet still incidental?

I'm musing about this because the company I work for (we'll call it Big Giant Worldwide Corporation) shows similar tendencies and this 'simplification' must look great on someone's end-of-year presentation but it never goes well for us end users.
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