It’s a worse issue though. Don’t forget that companies like Sony have put literal rootkits onto their audio CD’s as part of protection. And lots of owners have gotten screwed by updated protection schemes on legitimate hardware (which is why companies like Dune HD seemed to give up)
You’re not only giving them permission to play back a movie, but, on BluRays, you give them permission to run code too on your player.
The house always wins with BluRays. They’re not cheap, they can fail prematurely, and you can’t back them up. And a lot of the companies have screwed us for decades now. It’s absolutely insane
Unless you’re buying from small companies, otherwise companies like Disney simply get more power
You don’t need there code to play blurays. All you need is the decryption keys. Don’t get me wrong, DRM is bad but I think blurays are no where near as bad as malware.
It’s a worse issue though. Don’t forget that companies like Sony have put literal rootkits onto their audio CD’s as part of protection. And lots of owners have gotten screwed by updated protection schemes on legitimate hardware (which is why companies like Dune HD seemed to give up)
You’re not only giving them permission to play back a movie, but, on BluRays, you give them permission to run code too on your player.
The house always wins with BluRays. They’re not cheap, they can fail prematurely, and you can’t back them up. And a lot of the companies have screwed us for decades now. It’s absolutely insane
Unless you’re buying from small companies, otherwise companies like Disney simply get more power
You don’t need there code to play blurays. All you need is the decryption keys. Don’t get me wrong, DRM is bad but I think blurays are no where near as bad as malware.
Also we don’t have a lot of options.