While I agree with you - I really do - it's also an incredibly difficult choice. You'd have to give up owning nearly all movies and TV shows legally, the lion's share of ebooks, and nearly all commercial audiobooks. You basically have to live a life where the only media you can consume is in formats created before the 90s, or those rare one-offs where new content is issued in DRM-free formats.
I don't really have an answer for this. I feel guilty every time I buy a Blu-Ray, but I haven't stopped buying them either.
edit: and, oh, yeah, video games. Not all of them, but most of them.
No, I'm not missing the point. This thread is about a DRM laden comic that is no longer available to those who _paid_ for it because the company went out of business.
I paid nothing for Hulu. They are more than welcome to delete anything and everything.
Or do you somehow imagine that those who give you something for FREE are required to do so indefinitely in the future?
Well, personally they give me nothing, since I'm not part of the 6.39% of the world population they serve.
But in any case, it's not just about deleting or not. Being only able to watch on other than "blessed" devices is important too, unless we want to further cement software monoculture.
This is silly. This article is about a comic that people paid money, and because it contained DRM and the company went out of business, those customers are no longer able to view it.
You say: the problem is the DRM. Get rid of the DRM and we won't have the problem.
And that is a perfectly valid point.
But there is another solution you are completely missing: Why are you paying for DRM'd media?
No one is forcing you to purchase it. Someone created something, and they decided they wanted DRM in it. You (or more accurately, those customers) looked at it, saw the DRM, and said: here's my credit card number.
If you don't like the terms they are providing the service on, DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY!
So then you bring up Hulu. Hulu uses DRM. What are the solution here. 1) Go argue with Hulu about their DRM; or 2) Stop using it.
If you don't like the terms of a free service, stop using it. It really is that simple.
I don't give Hulu money. It's free. I think in exchange for free videos, they can put DRM in it. I didn't buy the videos, I know they aren't mine. I don't expect access to them in the future. If they go overboard with the DRM, then I'll stop visiting their site.
Games situation is improving, along the lines of music. More and more DRM free games appear, since more publishers learn some common sense and realize that DRM serves no useful purpose whatsoever.
I don't really have an answer for this. I feel guilty every time I buy a Blu-Ray, but I haven't stopped buying them either.
edit: and, oh, yeah, video games. Not all of them, but most of them.