[steve-b]

I now believe with the vast majority of uninformed people blaming Microsoft for the restrictions of DRM that Microsoft simply should've never supported playback of such content.

Indeed. The RIAA cartel threatened to make their next generations of offerings incompatible with computer playback if Microsoft didn't comply. Given how much that would have affected the RIAA and how little that would have affected Microsoft, this was equivalent to caving in to the self-hostage-taking ploy from Blazing Saddles.

[wastedyears]

It was a funny ploy.