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Originally Posted by jhowell
Defeating DRM has always been more of a lone wolf past time ... It takes someone with a combination of interest, reverse engineering skills, and drive ... There are not many people like that.
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I don't disagree with you or the other replies.
I recall all the arguments about DRM and it never being about "pitrating" but about people's freedom to choose - not to be dictated to by big corporations or governments - not unlike all the reasons Phil Zimmerman (and followers) fought for PGP back in the 90's, or the animosity to windows in the early days.
I believed (mistakenly maybe) that the people with those qualities you list, intensely disliked being "defeated" and rose to the challenge for their own satisfaction. A kind of "freedom of expression", a battle of wits or a "stick it to the man" thing.
Now the Bezos's of the world (and at one time it was the Gate's of the world) say "jump" and we all reply, "how high?"
Now we are all happy just to conform?
Who would have thought it? How the world has changed ...