Canceling your streaming service subscriptions won't be sufficient, even if everyone did it.
You have to stop consuming Hollywood content. Stop going to movies. Stop watching TV shows. Stop listening to recorded music.
Then you might actually make a difference.
The streaming services are just stuck in the middle here -- Hollywood won't sell them, or anyone, content without DRM.
DRM actually makes sense for a streaming service, where you only have a temporary license to the content anyway. You're buying the right to watch or listen one time -- how is that supposed to be enforced?
You live in a very sheltered bubble if you think DRM is not effective.
For most people, DRM is enough to stop them. It's only a select few people with a deep understanding of technology who can defeat even the most basic DRM.
> For most people, DRM is enough to stop them. It's only a select few people with a deep understanding of technology who can defeat even the most basic DRM.
I don't think you get the point. Most pirates never try to beat any DRM. They pirate what other capable few provide to them DRM free. Yes, some initially break that DRM. But it takes one knowledgeable pirate to do it in order for the rest to get it DRM free ever since. So, going back to the point above - DRM is not effective for anything except degrading the product for legitimate users.
You have to stop consuming Hollywood content. Stop going to movies. Stop watching TV shows. Stop listening to recorded music.
Then you might actually make a difference.
The streaming services are just stuck in the middle here -- Hollywood won't sell them, or anyone, content without DRM.
DRM actually makes sense for a streaming service, where you only have a temporary license to the content anyway. You're buying the right to watch or listen one time -- how is that supposed to be enforced?