DRM or Die. How Anti-Consumer Practices Became the New Norm and the Consumers Are to Blame
How many of your devices have you activated over the Internet today?
Most people don't like change. But following the proverbial "slowly boiling frog" principle (which is factually incorrect, by the way), if you change your business practices slowly enough and promote them in the media as a positive thing, those changes will eventually be accepted as the new widespread standard. And the waterfall of complaints and negative press will gradually subside, leaving you with an amorphous mass of consumers willing to give up their freedoms and personal data in exchange for electronic services and even physical goods.
Because… What is the "norm"? It's a constantly changing concept in itself. For all intents and purposes, I think it's enough to consider something "normal" if it's practiced or believed in by a large enough portion of the population.
Some of us may not consider the anti-consumer practices mentioned in this post to be the "norm," but given enough time, they will become the norm. Some might even suggest that maybe, just maybe, you don't have to blindly obey and do what the companies and corporations expect you to do, and instead protect your privacy and ensure the security of your future by choosing consumer-friendly companies over those that keep getting away with more and more egregious ways to take those freedoms away from you and turn your personal life into a profitable business asset. Except that those views are becoming less popular by the day.
Now what the hell am I rambling about?
Simple: