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You're probably tired of hearing this... but it works in Gmail.

I assume he means SMIME/GPG.

Frankly, I don't know how you'd use those with a web client other than through [insecure] javascript interfaces or by trusting MS, which sort of defeats the point, no?

Perhaps just to play devil's advocate:

1. With hardware, is at least some of the issue with "fixability" because of the demands we make on our devices? We want them lighter and faster. Can some of the design decisions (such as integrated components and proprietary parts) be different and still allow us to have these things?

2. I am a librarian so I spend a fair amount of time thinking about digital access and its challenges, but I also see the side of content providers (I'll avoid the term creators here). Digital first sale and removal of DRM schemes are difficult to fit into existing business models. Does the move the "copyright anarchy" really benefit us in terms of access, or does it just move us down the road of patronage where content is only available to those who can pay creators directly?

Nor is there any guarantee, when photocopiers are sitting in a library, that someone isn't using them to wholesale copy books.

I suppose this falls into the "analog hole" that most content companies have just accepted. You lose a generation of quality, plus it's hard work. The fact that music and movies really provide you no disadvantages in the copying and distribution process is how this whole business go started.

Not that I think DRM is right, but I can absolutely see where companies say "but piracy!"

That raises the obvious question of "how long is possible"? Is it unreasonable for Apple to stop supporting their old hardware at some point? What point?