[sdiy] Lockout / DRM chips?

[John]

On Wed, 9 Sep 2026 15:00:52 -0700
David Kantowitz via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:

> This approach seems far more appealing: provide increased value to
> the user for staying inside the garden.
> 
> [...]
> 
> DRM itself suddenly becomes useful

How d'ya figure!? You can just as easily argue that you're punishing
the user for *leaving* the garden.

DRM is and always will be the act of selectively breaking something -
and that's assuming it works as intended. More commonly, it's not as
selective as all that.