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Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @10:47AM (#15550559)
DRM is by far the bigger problem than proprietary software in general. There is nothing inherently problematic about paying money for software -- better to be the customer than the product.

The problem comes when rapacious companies decide it's a good idea to make people pay for the privilege of being the product, and use the law to restrict what people can do with the software, which is what DRM is really all about.

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Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics by cyphar on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @11:41AM (#15551035)
> There is nothing inherently problematic about paying money for software -- better to be the customer than the product.

You appear to be confusing what "proprietary software" means[1]. DRM is an example of something that is only possible with proprietary software.

[1]: https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary.en.html

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