Cory Doctorow was right... it wasn't copyright that brought out the big guns in the War On General Purpose Computing. The real battles started when people utilizing the full power of heir computing devices started to threaten currently-profitable business models.
The media companies saw media piracy and asked[2]:
> "Can't you just make us a general-purpose computer that runs all the programs, except the ones that scare and anger us?"
Google (and advertisers in general) is now asking ""Can't you just make us a general-purpose browser that runs all the programs, except the ones that programs that interfere with our business model?"
The media companies saw media piracy and asked[2]:
> "Can't you just make us a general-purpose computer that runs all the programs, except the ones that scare and anger us?"
Google (and advertisers in general) is now asking ""Can't you just make us a general-purpose browser that runs all the programs, except the ones that programs that interfere with our business model?"
[1] https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
[2] Ibid.