“At a certain point, we have to admit that the correct amount of radium in your suppository is zero.” Great read - Doctorow on why we just can’t bring ourselves to regulate things that are really bad for us.
Thinking the unthinkable - Cory Doctorow - Medium
Time and again, I find myself thinking about radium suppositories: specifically, I get to thinking about the day that the consensus shifted from “radium suppositories are great” to “stop putting…Cory Doctorow (Medium)
Adam Beer
in reply to Scot Hacker • • •@pluralistic A thought I've had recently and haven't seen anyone else express:
#DRM is #malware, specifically #ransomware.
It's software running on your computer whose sole purpose is to artificially restrict your ability to use that computer until you pay money to unlock it.
njsg
in reply to Adam Beer • • •@adambyte @pluralistic That made me think of Sony, I wonder why...
https://enwp.org/Sony_rootkit
Sony BMG's implementation of copy protection measures
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