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Refrigerators have DRM on them, To force you to buy $50 water filters or it won't dispense water (www.youtube.com)
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[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 48 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Great short story called Unauthorized Bread about this bullshit.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Damn. The fact KitchenAids DNS blocked her results for a workaround is sad and funny.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

HP-Newscorp sent chills down my spine. I think the only thing more evil would be adding Nestlé to that.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can you imagine how ridiculous that story would have sounded 15, maybe even 10 years ago? Went into it thinking it would be way over the top, read along thinking, yeah, I could see that.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Yeah, its really fucking depressing. BUT, the solapunk/diy/foss/fediverse gives me hope that it can be bypassed or fought against. I find myself holding onto older tech and self hosting more and more. I am sure it makes me insufferable but I don't worry about my stuff disappearing or costing me more to use once I have it.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 8 points 4 days ago

Excellent story. Thanks for sharing.