Thread: Nokia only manufacturer without 'kill switch'?
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wmarone is offline wmarone
2010-06-26 , 17:03
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
@wmarone: but you know full well that will basically kill the commercial 3rd party market for the platform (if DRM is removed, weakened or backdoored); and that will not bode well for the platform's longevity.
Frankly I think they need figure out how to make money without demanding ownership of my property at the same time. The least I can do is to avoid using their software.

Sadly, all the power is in their court. Things don't go the way they want and they go whining to the US Congress, the EU, or WIPO.

Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
That's what I think as well. I mean, if they allow for the DRM to be turned off, then will they say that you don't have access to the app store now? They will almost have to say that to keep the 3rd parties happy.
Or they can allow the developers to mark whether or not they want to require DRM. Then it's easy to spot the companies that consider their customers criminals.

So it might boil down (pure speculation, treat it as such) to standard fare MeeGo, uses Ovi and Intel's AppUp store, no limitations. Or "expert mode" MeeGo with the DRM removed (this would cover the community based MeeGo too for N900 more than likely) and disallow access to any normally DRM'd software.

If that's not fragmentation, I don't know what is.
It's fragmentation I'll accept, even if posters here like ysss consider the concept of freedom "quaint." I'll admit, it's hard to not want to be treated like a criminal
 

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