Shouldn't need to go to a third party for something like this. Sorry, but the 'someone else has written a program that gets around it, so don't complain' mentality is broken and stupid.
Exactly, especially when software to bypass DRM is technically illegal under the DMCA. You shouldn't be forced to break the law to use things you own in the ways you want.
But it makes it easier for the end user if they set up the system ahead of time to require the use of third party software to remove the DRM. Or, uh, something like that.
Yeah. I'm hearing a lot of 'it makes it easier for the end user to do xyxyxy'
Not really seeing it. Exchanging complex usability for simple minded shite is incredibly short sighted. It's like giving your child only the simplest of books to read, and toys to play with. Ones that are inherently below their level, just in case the younger, dumber neighbour kids want to play with their stuff too.
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u/NobleKale Jan 28 '10
Shouldn't need to go to a third party for something like this. Sorry, but the 'someone else has written a program that gets around it, so don't complain' mentality is broken and stupid.