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there's now more ads in "legit" sites (YouTube, amazon) than in piracy sites (self.technology)
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[–] 9point6 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah IIRC you're right, though I remember you could contact apple and reset it.

It was called FairPlay DRM and they only really got rid of it around a decade after iTunes launched. I'm not 100% but I think I had to pay to upgrade my already paid-for library to DRM free too