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minus-squarewizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoSo when someone uses random sludge instead of ink and breaks the printer they can point at that as the cause. It’s basic CYA. They’ll let you do whatever you want, but if something goes wrong and it breaks then you’re on your own.
minus-squaresanpo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoThat’s a very charitable way of looking at DRM.
So when someone uses random sludge instead of ink and breaks the printer they can point at that as the cause.
It’s basic CYA. They’ll let you do whatever you want, but if something goes wrong and it breaks then you’re on your own.
That’s a very charitable way of looking at DRM.