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Re:Breaking Spotify DRM with PANDA by MichaelGG on Friday July 04, 2014 @06:55PM (#7990477)
Smokers complain, and now we have e-cigarettes which may be less harmful while still allowing the enjoyment of nicotine and the fun of smoking.

I'm not sure why it's insincere. I keep buying ThinkPads, but I hate the new designs with a passion. (And they hate me; they literally cause me RSI where the earlier ones didn't.) It doesn't make my arguments against the new ThinkPads any weaker.

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Re:Breaking Spotify DRM with PANDA by shmerl on Friday July 04, 2014 @06:59PM (#7990488)
> and now we have e-cigarettes which may be less harmful while still allowing the enjoyment of nicotine and the fun of smoking.

So, we can have digital goods sold without DRM, so we could enjoy them without police state methods attached.

> I'm not sure why it's insincere.

Because by buying from those who push DRM on them, users support and prolong the usage of the said DRM. Complaints won't persuade DRM Lysenkoists. Loss of profits can.

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