Remember the fight against DRM?

· Bits and Bobs 8/4/25
  • Remember the fight against DRM?
    • Now we've landed on an equilibrium where we all just rent all of our content forever.
    • It's convenient, but feels hollow.
    • The content can be more easily taken away because you never actually had it.
    • A question: can your ebooks be passed on to your heirs?
    • Even if they can, the account costs an ongoing fee to continue having access, so if you stop using it you can't access it.
    • Compare that to physical media, where as long as you have the physical storage space to hold it, you have continued access to it with zero marginal cost.
    • Superficially looks the same, but one is way more fragile than the other!

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