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Old 02-18-2023, 02:50 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by Fiat_Lux View Post
Both Lowe's and Home Depot are planning to DRM the hardware they sell.
They are doing that to reduce shop-lifiting. The average store loses a million dollars per quarter in shoplifted merchandise, with a projected increase of between 3% and 5% per quarter.
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Originally Posted by Deskisamess View Post
"Now Home Depot is experimenting further with DRM at the point of sale. The company has started embedding chips in many of the major tool brands it sells (DeWalt, Milwaukee). And unless the tool is enabled by a Bluetooth-based system at the register, it simply won’t work when you take it home:"

From a 2 year old article:https://www.techdirt.com/2021/08/05/...ibly-go-wrong/
Isn't saying DRM being applied to a physical object an oxymoron?
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