From CNET News.com: SanDisk stakes its future on TrustedFlash

This is really rich: the tag line states “SanDisk is planning to launch new mini storage card technology that it says will let people play or view secured content on multiple devices, including smart phones and portable digital players.”

Note the spin on the wording: the new technology “will let people”. Wow, that’s great! This will let me… What they really mean is “will take away your right to play the stuff you own on anything you want”. I’m not sure what I hate more: that companies are doing this (maybe they’re not being given a choice?), or that people are buying it (both with what’s left of their brains and their wallets).

I would like to think that a world full of stuff that tells you what you can and cannot do isn’t inevitable, and I’m happy to see stuff like Make: out there, but stuff like this is getting more and more common.