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>>gjsman+(OP)
> Being able to potentially play 4K Blu-ray Discs on your PC again.

We cannot do this now because user-hostile vendors have locked the functionality away from us. I think this is a perfect microcosm for the whole tradeoff: lock away the rest of your userspace and we might let you watch the new Batman DVD you already bought.

>>public+Ud
> we might let you watch

This choice of words perfectly captures the arrogance of these copyright corporations. Who are they to dictate how our computers work just to maintain their irrelevant business model? They're ones who should be playing by our rules, not the other way around. It makes me wish piracy was as bad as they make it out to be, to the point it kills them.

>>matheu+0m
Why you assume artists cannot define how you consume media they created? Yes they royally screwed up, but it is their product. They define how they sell it.

Just to be clear: I hate how movies are currently distributed.

>>oaiey+AC
Why should an artist be able to dictate that? If I sell you a coffee, should I be able to dictate what you do with it afterwards? What? You want to compost the grounds? That’s a violation of my vision and our sales agreement!