[sdiy] Lockout / DRM chips?

[David Kantowitz]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM John <commodorejohn at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 certainly *is* punishing the user for leaving.  It's creating technical
and legal mechanisms to limit my choice as a user.

It also makes it illegal for other manufacturers to deploy an unauthorized
workaround to the DRM mechanisms.
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