Microsoft is future proofing you with DRM

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SvennoJ said:

Less choice is the future, great.

For me, it wouldn't make sense to buy digital. Why buy it and have nothing physical to show for it, when I can buy a store copy and get it converted digitally for free?

You're not buying a physical copy, you're buying an install disc. The only thing that has any value is the serial number on the disc, which can only swap hands for free one time, or be traded in at participating stores. (When you give a copy to someone, can they still trade it in? Or is it locked permanently for that too?)

You sound like they're doing us a favor like with movies. Blu-ray + dvd + ultraviolet copy, that's how you do it. Not lock the blu-ray to your account, make you jump through hoops to lend it out and require your player to check in every 24h.

They only thing MS is future proofing is consumers. Condition them to give up all their ownership rights and get locked in to a service.
So yes Microsoft is future proofing you with drm.

So you do agree with me, because that is exactly what the title says.

You choose your own future. If you don't want Microsoft to manage your rights, then that's your choice. They are locking you into their system, I never said otherwise.