No, of course DRM is deliberately added to a product.wizarddoctor wrote:So they can't help it? They can't code well?
Just for the user and if you got the viewpoint of creating the best product available, DRM or region locks are anti-features. Nobody buys something because of DRM, no user wants it in a product. It only makes the life of honest customers harder.
Examples:
- You buy a DVD from a different region, it won't work on your DVD player. Everybody should expect a company to want to sell as many units as possible and to want that it works on the widest array of devices possible to broaden the user base. Usually a non-playable DVD would be considered defective, not so here. -> bug
- CD copy protections often consist of deliberate errors in the format of the CD. The companies break the welldefined standards and make the CDs incompatible with a number of devices. Obviously it is a defective product if it doesn't comply with standards. -> bug
- The Sony rootkit scandal a couple years ago where Sony audio CDs contained a software to play the CD on a PC. That software installed a rootkit therefore compromising the systems security (a good read about it here). -> virus

