[TriLUG] DRMed coffee maker?

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

There's no excuse for all of you LUG folks not reading
http://arstechnica.com/

(well, except that you won't get any productive work done because it's so
good).

Ars reported on this in March of last year:
http://arstechnica.com/search/?ie=UTF-8&q=keurig

Lot's of good stuff there, including the "Freedom Clip" that Matt mentioned.

You can also defeat the DRM with black electrical tape.

-Wes

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On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Tim Jowers via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> 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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