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<blockquote data-quote="Flexor the Mighty!" data-source="post: 3326866" data-attributes="member: 1013">I agree with a lot of this.&nbsp; Especially the stuff on Hollywood, read the views of network people on DVR and how customers are cheating them by FF through commercials.&nbsp; That's going to change, watch or pay will be the end format.&nbsp; I don't know if Vista will be able to play into that though, with a DVD you can add to the cable bill for use of that functionality.&nbsp; I guess if you had to have a Vista subscription that tracked your usage i could work, but that would probably be a little much. But your point is true for me.&nbsp; I use Linux because I don't want Microsoft or Apple telling me how to use my computer.&nbsp; That is the point of their trusted computing platform, so the software makers know they can trust your computer to do what they want it to do.I mean DRM isn't there to empower you, it's there to restrict how you can use something.&nbsp; How is that a good thing?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flexor the Mighty!, post: 3326866, member: 1013"] I agree with a lot of this. Especially the stuff on Hollywood, read the views of network people on DVR and how customers are cheating them by FF through commercials. That's going to change, watch or pay will be the end format. I don't know if Vista will be able to play into that though, with a DVD you can add to the cable bill for use of that functionality. I guess if you had to have a Vista subscription that tracked your usage i could work, but that would probably be a little much. But your point is true for me. I use Linux because I don't want Microsoft or Apple telling me how to use my computer. That is the point of their trusted computing platform, so the software makers know they can trust your computer to do what they want it to do. I mean DRM isn't there to empower you, it's there to restrict how you can use something. How is that a good thing? [/QUOTE]

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