Can a boycott be effective? Of course, but the Apple-cult will never participate.
Anyhow, IMO it would be far more constructive to advocate DRM-free sources than boycott those with the DRM infection. This would not only make Apple & Co wonder what's wrong (the piracy card will doubtlessly be played), but make them see what people want => DRM-free.
From TFA
Odds are you are reading this on a computer with iTunes installed.
No.
And Apple regularly features exclusive live sets from popular artists, while Amazon treats its digital media sales as one more commodity being sold.
Is he saing Amazon doesn't want exclusives? Doesn't exclusive mean it's only sold to one vendor? And how doesn't Apple treat everything in iTunes as a commodity? A bit biased, don't you think?
What trends do you expect to see more of in the next year?
More DRM, more publishers strong arming the used games market. More angry comsumers switching to consoles as a result. Online registrations for console games because they are sold used more than PC games. More buggy releases for consoles, justified with downloadable content (patches) once you have registered online (see above sentence).
Once consoles really catch on, they will experience the same hardships as PC gaming.
"Will a perceived lack of trust cripple the effectiveness of the program?"
For me it would. I'd rather just use my Asus Eee for whatever you guys do and "forget" your locked down piece of carp home/hall/locker/whatever. Of course, for the ones who don't know jack about computers it wouldn't pose a problem. Ignorance is bliss and all that.
Add the people who fish and phish the net for clicks and passwords and you have a technology that's mainly interesting to those only seeking to abuse it.
Not unlike the HTML meta tags today.
"I am sure if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older version of Windows and that way, your computers would actually be of service to those receiving them..."
Just like XP now.
I've seen this trend and I'm getting sick of it. The market is getting flooded with poorer (if prettier) games that are most of the time with crippling DRM and incomplete and bug-ridden.
I don't believe a for a second that the used games market is to blame for anything, it's the publishers and/or big companies. They start this frantic lockdown battle against a natural part of economy while truying to outmuscle consumer rights straight out of the window.
They actually think something good will come out of just releasing crappy games in quick succession, just to grab the money they have never been getting. It's (almost) like saying that boat sales are killing the auto industry.
No, this will lead to people abondoning the industry and its products completely.
If only consoles were a solution.
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I think we're about to see if Google really isn't evil.
Interesting. Thanks for the clear up.
Anyhow, IMO it would be far more constructive to advocate DRM-free sources than boycott those with the DRM infection. This would not only make Apple & Co wonder what's wrong (the piracy card will doubtlessly be played), but make them see what people want => DRM-free.
From TFA
No.
Is he saing Amazon doesn't want exclusives? Doesn't exclusive mean it's only sold to one vendor? And how doesn't Apple treat everything in iTunes as a commodity? A bit biased, don't you think?
This needed a Mojave test to ditch all the negative association? Now I'm a only a bit less certain about not flying there, than my wallet.
Save often!
Good going, Warner. Free advertisement is always a bad thing. Certainly not a god-send.
More DRM, more publishers strong arming the used games market.
More angry comsumers switching to consoles as a result.
Online registrations for console games because they are sold used more than PC games.
More buggy releases for consoles, justified with downloadable content (patches) once you have registered online (see above sentence).
Once consoles really catch on, they will experience the same hardships as PC gaming.
"Will a perceived lack of trust cripple the effectiveness of the program?"
For me it would. I'd rather just use my Asus Eee for whatever you guys do and "forget" your locked down piece of carp home/hall/locker/whatever.
Of course, for the ones who don't know jack about computers it wouldn't pose a problem. Ignorance is bliss and all that.
This has little to do with science.
Try http://nepomuk.kde.org/
Add the people who fish and phish the net for clicks and passwords and you have a technology that's mainly interesting to those only seeking to abuse it. Not unlike the HTML meta tags today.
A virus?
Could this be the first DRM? It's much more draconian than the 3 activations and buy a new game from EA.
"I am sure if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older version of Windows and that way, your computers would actually be of service to those receiving them..." Just like XP now.
I've seen this trend and I'm getting sick of it. The market is getting flooded with poorer (if prettier) games that are most of the time with crippling DRM and incomplete and bug-ridden. I don't believe a for a second that the used games market is to blame for anything, it's the publishers and/or big companies. They start this frantic lockdown battle against a natural part of economy while truying to outmuscle consumer rights straight out of the window. They actually think something good will come out of just releasing crappy games in quick succession, just to grab the money they have never been getting. It's (almost) like saying that boat sales are killing the auto industry. No, this will lead to people abondoning the industry and its products completely. If only consoles were a solution.