• tiramichu@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    For real.

    When I still had Netflix and Disney+ I’d want to watch a show on my PC, but I’d just get black screen with only audio, because something about my setup the DRM didn’t like. (Possibly that I have USB displaylink monitors.)

    So I had to watch on another device.

    DRM isn’t stopping content being ripped. It’s just making life a pain for paying customers.

    • Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org
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      7 hours ago

      I couldn’t get Netflix to play at high resolution on my old Roku because of some DRM crap. And I was a legit customer! Once again, piracy would have provided a superior experience.

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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      12 hours ago

      Offering a clean, ad free, usable storefront to purchase media would do more to prevent piracy than anything.

      But corpos dont like that.

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        10 hours ago

        Of course. It’s all about control. They see users as property, an object to be sold and traded.

        Do not ever allow yourselves to be disrespected like this.

        • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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          9 hours ago

          Try explaining any of this to my friends lol. Obsessed with Google, the tok, xitter, and shitty data stealing llms. Disgusting garbage.

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        12 hours ago

        That could’ve been iTunes if their interface didn’t suck ass and if they didn’t go for the subscription-only model in Apple Music.

        I swear for years it was THE place to buy music. I mean I never did, I didn’t have access to a card with online payments enabled as a teen, so I just pirated everything anyway. But it seemed like the default place.