[kuhsaft]

> And yet the pirates still have all of their content, because DRM doesn't work. One pirate cracks one locked device and can download their entire catalog with it.

I know and I'm saying what we are seeing is a push to plug all those holes. iOS, Android, macOS SIP, Windows Secure Boot. All root-of-trust systems, so that only operating systems that prevent copying can download it in the first place.

Those pirates aren't using locked devices to copy content. They are using devices lacking copy protection.

[AnthonyMouse]

The pirates still have the media which is only distributed to locked devices. Nobody really knows how to secure a device against a professional who has physical access to the device for as long as they want.

[kuhsaft]

Xbox, post-360, has been very successful at doing so.

[array_key_first]

This is all a farce, because eventually the content must be decoded. Because our eyeballs must view it.

It doesn't matter if the OS doesn't prevent copying. The stream, in plaintext, exists and can be copied. Which is what pirates do.

The only way around this is skipping the TV and projecting the encrypted stream into your brain where it is then decoded by a Netflix Approved neurolink module.

[kuhsaft]

For music and movies, yes. Though with movies, you even have HDMI HDCP and DisplayPort DPCP to make it harder.

For games though, the game binary is the media. Game console developers have been very successful at preventing pirating.

[Fokamul]

More locked device, more difficult obfuscation -> more motivation for certain people to break it and share it with everybody.

There is no way, you can plug all holes, iPhone couldn't do it with their golden cage and they spend ridiculous amount of money so their phone cannot be rooted, but you still have rooted iphone.