<i>&gt; The studios are pushing it</i><p>That&#x27;s the lame excuse that Netflix was using. Studios (i.e. publishers) are pushing it, and Netflix (as a distributor) obliges their insanity willingly. So they bear the blame for DRM proliferation as well and can&#x27;t blame it on the studios only.<p><i>&gt; For Netflix, it&#x27;s DRM or don&#x27;t exist</i><p>Some sell DRM-free, and if distributors wouldn&#x27;t have been so spineless about this issue, studios wouldn&#x27;t have been so eager to continue this insanity.<p><i>&gt; especially when your demographic tends to be more towards the youth who is rarely monetarily stable and easily justifies their actions by &quot;everyone else is doing it&quot;.</i><p>Excuses of others can&#x27;t justify personal choices. If you don&#x27;t accept DRM - don&#x27;t use it.