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mixed HN broadly agreed that DRM and account-tied media make “buy” misleading, with Sony, Microsoft, Ultraviolet, Steam, Kindle, and game delistings cited as real examples. The debate was mixed on remedies: many favored physical media or DRM-free downloads, some argued piracy is the only practical archive, and others pushed — latest discussion,