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> We somehow got away from DRM on audio.

Did we? Look at Apple Music, Spotify, and other subscription music services. They all have DRM.



But music you buy on iTunes is DRM-free. That's a significant step away from DRM.


> But music you buy on iTunes is DRM-free. That's a significant step away from DRM.

And Amazon. And Google Play music. And band-camp. Etc etc.

In fact, I don't know a single place on the entire internet which still sells DRMed music. Such a thing simply ceased to exist.

Imagine if we could make the same happen for video. That would be real nice.


Yes but in Netflix case and html5 we are precisely talking about streaming service.

Download should be DRM free for free for vidéo that's true but don't blame Netflix for using DRM on a streaming service as every music streaming service does that too.

Indeed I think studios could reduce pirating to baseline (people who can't afford anyway) in a split second should they understand that people are willing to pay for a fair priced streaming service like Netflix. They just need to open up their catalogs like music majors finally did as an average wallet can hardly sustain a dozen different subscriptions in order to have a decent movie catalog.


Nobody normal buys music and shuffles files around anymore.

They all just switched to DRMed streaming services.


I think the entire Plex userbase would disagree. There's also a reason Google Play Music lets you upload your own music: Not all music can be found in "regular" streaming catalogs.

Technicalities aside: Also I like to think that buying albums (even if I stream them later on) makes the artist more money. And I want to support the artists I appreciate as much as I can.


I meant "normal" as in mass-market, not "normal for HN". I, probably like you, of course have a unix fileserver in my residence (as well as a metric ass-ton of vinyl, because it seems we are similar types of nerd).


How else would a subscription service work? If you bought your music instead of renting it you'd truly own it without DRM or any other strings attached.

As a very frequent music buyer, I'd say the situation is very comfortable and user-friendly and I'd wish to see the same for video content.




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