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Comment by graton | Hacker News Reader

Related is the fact that encryption is being turned on for ATSC 3.0 broadcasts.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36661524

Yes, because shitty-encryption-where-we-give-you-the-keys-but-dont-at-the-same-time has worked so well for....

     DVDs, Blu-ray, HD-DVDs
     Playstation 1,2,3,4,5 games
     Nintendo SNES,N64,Wii,GameCube, Switch

And plenty others.

Oh wait, Switch is so bad, that an emulator is already superb, and had a 7 day early leak/release of Zelda, with patches that make it better on computer than Switch.

So, I'm not super worried about "shitty encryption".

Encryption can simply be a strategic choice, because it will prevent devices being commercialized that rely on using "stolen" keys to function.

> because it will prevent devices being commercialized that rely on using "stolen" keys to function

Only if all humanity collectively forgets that China exists.

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