[TriLUG] DRMed coffee maker?

[Tim Jowers via TriLUG]

Sounds like the open source community will be more important than ever in
the future. If I had the wherewithal I would love to work in the open
source hardware design arena. With 3-D printers and potential for other
consumer manufacturing, open source would shock the established
China-to-USA system.  I'm sure the "un-owned" products movement will work
hard to prevent open source from gaining a foothold in manufacturing.

Tim


On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 3:38 AM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I inherited a Keurig.  I really like it.  I use regular, branded, cups
> that I get at Costco and wouldn't have troubles using them with their
> little DRM tactic.
>
> Still, when the thing dies, I'll be damned if I'm going to buy the new
> replacement with that technology in it.  Also, a company makes and I think
> gives away a ring you can clip into it that defeats the DRM which looks for
> a certain color dot or something in a particular place.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On May 13, 2015, at 6:15 AM, John Mitchell via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > And the CEO admitted that DRM backfired and cost them a lot of money:
> >
> >
> http://smallbiztrends.com/2015/05/keurig-ceo-regret-mistake-keurig-20.html
> >
> > john mitchell
> >
> > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Charles Fischer via TriLUG <
> > trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> >> This is just for general interest.  Did you know that Keurig 2.0 Brewers
> >> have DRM.  I am not a coffee drinker (I know what am I doing on a Linux
> >> list) so I did not know that a coffee maker could use any form of DRM.
> >>
> >> Here is the story at Consumer Reports (public part of their web site):
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/05/after-consumer-backlash-keurig-brings-back-my-k-cup/index.htm
> >>
> >> Enjoy,
> >> Charles
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