[TriLUG] DRMed coffee maker?

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

meanwhile, our Keurig at $WORK, which is provided through Office Depot's 
coffee services division, bears an ominous message that reusable k-cups 
will break the machine, and that, to borrow a phrase, "you break it, you 
buy it."

William Sutton

On Wed, 13 May 2015, Neil Little via TriLUG wrote:

> Actually a piece of tape over the hole of the sensor would accomplish 
> the same result.
> http://boingboing.net/2014/12/11/how-to-defeat-keurig-2-0s-dr.html
>
>
>
> On 5/13/2015 6:38 AM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG 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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