DRM is a mechanism by which to impose remote power/authority (akin to back doors) -- a technical 'hack' that twists encryption against its intended purposes so as to make computers not obey or even betray their users, in effect superficially limiting control by the user over the files/devices on his or her machine. There are moral issues at play; ethics and human rights factor in.
"...some clown from Microsoft has just come to #techrights
(IRC) to confirm to us Azure layoffs (this year)."Myself, personally, I've not encountered DRM or used anything with it. It's a choice. But many other people get sucked in or suckered into 'buying' things which they later discover they only temporarily rented (on 'loan' as long as some licensing servers remained online). If we care about more than Linux (or GNU/Linux) and if software freedom matters to us, DRM as a concept or a modality needs to go away. It's alluring to just say "that's the way things are", but it's possible to fight back and maybe eradicate DRM in all its forms.
#techrights
(IRC) to confirm to us Azure layoffs (this year). The person says those employees were "largely concentrated under Eric Boyd"...