thedip
join:2001-02-09
Beaver Falls, PA | reply to eburger68
Re: Blaming the User: MS & WMP Adware Installation I mean no disrespect, but does anyone else see an ironic parallel between this and the articles/discussion regarding people fed up and leaving the internet from the deluge of spyware/junk? In the latter, the solution from more tech-savvy users is education. 'if they just educated themselves, they'd be fine.' 'they should know not to trust everything that is free.' I read many comments with those two emphasized.
Now the shoe is on the other foot. Where are these files that have bad DRM licenses (to infect computers) coming from? I haven't seen any by going to normal corporate streams, or downloading news clips or what have you. I assume that most of these come from p2p and 'shady' places. Should not the same logic apply, that you can't trust everything that's free? 'education' and all that jazz.
Do I think that this is purely a user problem? Certainly not. Just as much as it isn't purely a user problem with regards to spyware and spam. But users are to blame to some respect. The majority of comments on this DRM fiasco lead me to believe most people think otherwise. |
