Thus saith DMCA. The battle was lost when it become possible for arbitrary things on your computer to be declared a "copyright protection" and thus to be made off-limit to you under the harsh penalty of the law. This is what created walled gardens, locked down devices, etc. and made Apple and Google probably the biggest beneficiaries of DMCA and really made them into those large monsters.
Thus saith DMCA. The battle was lost when it become possible for arbitrary things on your computer to be declared a "copyright protection" and thus to be made off-limit to you under the harsh penalty of the law. This is what created walled gardens, locked down devices, etc. and made Apple and Google probably the biggest beneficiaries of DMCA and really made them into those large monsters.