EFF has released its mobile app to help people join in important, timely struggles, but you can’t get it for your Iphone or Ipad, because Apple insists that EFF use DRM, and this is contrary to everything it stands for.
In a petition, EFF calls out Apple’s incredibly abusive, one-sided developer “agreement” and calls on developers and Apple users to join a campaign to get Apple to give developers the freedom to release their creations on more liberal terms.
This is usually where a vocal segment of Apple defenders chime in and say, “If you don’t like it, don’t make Apple software.” Of course, that’s exactly what EFF has done. But human beings’ relations with corporations are not limited to opening or closing our wallets. A critical piece of how markets work is through pressure brought to bear by public interest groups and their supporters.
It’s indefensible for Apple to insist that creators allow it to add its proprietary DRM to other people’s creative work against those peoples’ wishes. Remember: any time someone puts a lock on something that belongs to you, and won’t give you the key, that lock is not for your benefit.”
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