Defective by Design is Defective

Defective by Design is Defective

by Joe Brockmeier - Jan. 28, 2010Comments (36)

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Once again the Defective by Design have sprung into action to denounce another product from Apple, and once again nobody really cares.

Defective by Design is a marketing campaign sponsored by the Free Software Foundation. While the FSF does plenty of good work, DBD is increasingly out of touch with the majority of users. Contrast the tone of the Defective by Design campaign with Stan Schroeder over at Mashable, who nails Apple's goals with the iPad:

Apple didn’t omit a camera or multitasking by accident. An engineer didn’t come up to Steve Jobs on Tuesday saying, "I don’t know how to tell you this, Steve, but we’ve forgotten about the camera. No, please, not the head! Ouch!" They've omitted all these things on purpose, and this purpose tells you more about Apple’s plans than the things they did put in... The way I see it, the iPad is not about creating; it’s all about consuming content.

And that's it exactly. Apple has omitted features and locked the device down. But guess what? People like to consume content, and they're going to flock to a device that lets them do so easily. Despite all the "Tivoization" complaints from the FSF, people aren't flocking away from Tivos. Despite complaints of DRM in the Amazon Kindle, people haven't rejected it in droves for DRM — but they very well may switch to the iPad because it's better than the Kindle for what people want.

It isn't that the folks at the Free Software Foundation are wrong that DRM is bad for users, it's that they are taking an entirely negative and counter-productive approach to the problem. Their approach to "marketing" may resonate with some in the FLOSS community, but their efforts are not at all likely to win hearts and minds of users who don't get out of bed in the morning singing the Free Software Song.

While Defective By Design highlights legitimate problems with the iPad (and other products) where are the alternatives? Stop telling people what they shouldn't buy, and make it easier for them to get hands on some kit that lets them do what they want to do with free software. In other words, stop groaning about Apple and deliver a DRM device of your own, already.

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