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Originally Posted by Psykhe
Think of it like a lock for your bike. A lock on your bike does not make it impossible to steal your bike, just more difficult. If you leave your bike a night in a crime-heavy area it is very likely it will be gone even with a good lock. But that does not mean that a lock is useless.
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That analogy is a little flawed, because this isn't a one for one scenario. If every model of that bike had an identical lock, then whether or not your particular bike lock does any good is depending on the fact that nobody has ever picked any bike's lock. Once one person, anywhere, figures out how to pick the lock, then all of the locks are useless.
What it boils down to is that it doesn't make it more difficult for each person to steal your bike, just for the first person who tries. After that, the locks are all gone. Additionally, with the way DRM works, it is impossible to make the lock unpickable.