Talk:Digital rights management

Don't most modern OSes come with DRM?

I haven't done the proper research on this, but don't most OSes come with DRM baked in? That's how Apple's iOS system prevents you from installing 3rd party apps even if you have the files for what you want to download. I feel like I heard that the other OSes also use that too. We would need to have a source, but I feel like this should be a major element of the article if so. It can then be tied in to the app store restrictions and other limitations that are put in place by software products. A large reason these companies can get away with murder when it comes to enshittification is because they own a monopoly on interoperable software, since all their services are locked down with DRM. I feel the article should be written to reflect that. Riverpunk (talk) 05:58, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Louis Rossmann and different names for DRM

A little while ago (~7 days ago as of adding this) Louis Rossmann added a post in the ‘Posts’ section on his Youtube channel where he talked about different names for DRM. The ones he selected were:

1. Digital locks
2. Technology protection measures (TPMs)
3. Digital rights management (what we currently have)
4. Software locks
5. Access controls
6. Digital barriers.

There were also some I read in the comments, like ‘Ownership Restrictions’. I wonder if we could incorporate this into the article? AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk) 11:17, 18 October 2025 (UTC)