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Originally Posted by A1R3K
apple is discontinuing the drm. they realize people hate it. i don't know about other people but having 5 places you can watch it is plenty. iphone. apple tv. macbook pro. leaves two other licenses for what exactly? considering that a HD 1080p movie costs me 14.95 to buy compared to buying it at the cheapest prices say 29.95 for HD movies at BestBuy, I will take the drm sacrifice. I have no idea how i could use up 5 licenses for a movie, that is UNLESS people want to whore it out to friends and on the internet. there is nothing else in my home that needs a license.
i hear that the drm will be dropped in a short period of time.
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It's not the DRM idea itself that is bad for consumers, it's the part where it not always works for apple users (or other systems besides windows) that fucks it up in most cases or where the usage is consumer unfriendly/unclear.
I don't mind the DRM as a consumer as long as I can use/watch it on all my stuff (car stereo, iphone, cellphone, pc, tv, etc.).
If every human would have a unique IP adres and any device owned would have a sub, then it would be easy to give permissions and control all piracy without fucking over a consumer that actually wants to pay. But privacy laws get in the way I guess.