Products · Pattern or everyday thing
DRM
Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2011–2023), in 10 threads.
People raised many different problems with DRM, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 8 complaints
- DRM creates a horrible user experience for legitimate users2021-12-28
- Streaming DRM gives non-technical users degraded video quality and forces repeat purchases across services and devices2021-12-27
- DRM implementations give paying customers a poor, clunky viewing experience2016-10-07
- Constant ownership rechecks can break and make paid-for media unusable or deleted2016-08-19
- Draconian DRM makes legitimate versions worse to use than pirated copies2016-08-05
- DRM environment is shitty and near-unusable for users2016-04-04
- DRM often stops games from working once they are installed2011-04-12
- Paying customers get painful, invasive DRM while pirates get a smoother experience2011-04-12