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Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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Why exactly do we need (to bypass) DRM on a coffee machine?

The video explained that clearly. New Keurig coffee machines, in order to bolster their own coffee sales, refuse to operate on non-Keurig cups. By bypassing it, consumers can buy equipment then put whatever they want in it, returning control to the consumer.

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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What kind of engineers keep building these anti-consumer, anti-competition DRM systems? Someone should call them out publicly, by name. The world doesn't need more DRM systems.

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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It's an amusing video, but note that that same barcode is also what provides coffee/tea-specific brewing parameters to the machine. Using the same barcode for all cups breaks that. (Using a barcode from one coffee on another seems unlikely to seriously affect the results, though.)

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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What kind of engineers keep building these anti-consumer, anti-competition DRM systems? Someone should call them out publicly, by name. The world doesn't need more DRM systems.

I'll start:

Keurig

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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post #6

What kind of engineers keep building these anti-consumer, anti-competition DRM systems? Someone should call them out publicly, by name. The world doesn't need more DRM systems.

The kind of engineers who want to supply people with a $140 machine instead of a $500 machine, I'm guessing.

Don't like it? Don't buy a Keurig. There are hundreds of other ways to brew coffee at home.

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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post #8
post #6

What kind of engineers keep building these anti-consumer, anti-competition DRM systems? Someone should call them out publicly, by name. The world doesn't need more DRM systems.

I'll start: Keurig

No, I mean the individual engineers.
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