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Philips backs down over firmware that adds DRM to light

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WTF happened to this once mighty company?

Generations of my family used to use Philips shavers. But once they switched over to using low voltage transformers they didn't have enough power anymore to deal with our heavy grain. Then they started outsourcing their TV brand to dodgy assemblers in places like Mexico. Several Philips TV's had to be returned due to dead-pixels! What now, DRM IoT games!!! Wow! Time to stop buying Philips.

But what happened to this once mighty company? Rhetorical question I know... Corporatization? Short term thinking, short-term profits.... There's little incentive for executives to do anything else I suppose, and few white collar-police around should they really step over the line...

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