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So let’s say I write a bit about how I’d like to see certain TV shows.

Let’s say I write a little more about how I’d like to see certain TV shows.

Let’s say I write a bit about how the only way they’ll let me see certain TV shows is by downloading them from the Pirate Bay, because they won’t sell them to me.

Let’s say some people take offense and claim that I shouldn’t do that regardless because it’s not conducive to my cause.

Let’s say that I agree and jump through some hoops to get a friend to send me a US iTunes gift card so that I may register a US iTunes account, so that I may still illicitly download and watch stuff, only this time I’m paying someone related to its production, which is fine because it’s also the thing I groveled about not being able to do in the first place. Everything else, I already had.

Let’s say that this works fine, aside from constantly switching between the Swedish and US iTunes or App Stores.

And then, finally, let’s say that in the fucking middle of watching something, this beauty shows up:

I didn’t connect an “unauthorized” display; I haven’t even connected an external display to this computer ever. And if I open it up in QuickTime Player, one of a few magical apps that they allow you to play this in, it works fine. I’m getting yelled at by unnecessary technology that was invented to force me to do what I was planning to do anyway, to stop me from doing what they forced me to do because I couldn’t do what they wanted to force me to do, and which I would now like to force them to do since they’re not planning on doing it.

So let’s say DRM works, or accomplishes something positive for any involved part, or is in any way worth the investment of time or money.

Let’s also say unicorns exist, while we’re at it. Maybe they can ride that unicorn to 1 Infinite Loop, and sign a few papers, and at least open up TV shows for distribution in Sweden.

Or even if they wouldn’t, maybe they could actually fix this magic technology to properly restrict me from seeing things I’m allowed to see but only in situations where I’m clearly not allowed to see them, which usually has nothing to do with which acronyms the attached displays support, unless they’d actually make it about that in order to piss people off.

I think I’ve said it before: You did this to yourselves.