when I buy music off of iTunes or Google Play Music, I can download the MP3s for local copies.
I don't know how Netflix is any different than cable TV. It's not like HBO shipped you tapes after eps of the Sopranos.
This is a pretty good example of how much bad PR is generated from DRM. I heard it took 3 years after Apple removed all DRM from purchased content for people to mostly stop saying iTunes stuff was DRM'd.
Apple's iTunes is single handily responsible for popularizing DRM and MP3s isn't the only thing they sell. But if you think music is free of DRM, maybe you haven't noticed, but plan B is in effect: https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-mus...
That's no bug, being how enrollment in Apple Music worked when I tried it.
And the purpose is to relieve the user of owned files replacing them with a streaming service, which is DRM enabled, losing access even to music for which the user owned the copyright upon cancellation. This is the essence of DRM, the user losing all control of his purchased content.
There is however something in the way you expressed yourself. Is this a strawman attempt?
when I buy music off of iTunes or Google Play Music, I can download the MP3s for local copies.
I don't know how Netflix is any different than cable TV. It's not like HBO shipped you tapes after eps of the Sopranos.
This is a pretty good example of how much bad PR is generated from DRM. I heard it took 3 years after Apple removed all DRM from purchased content for people to mostly stop saying iTunes stuff was DRM'd.