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Keurig coffee makers will implement DRM to block third-party coffee

94 105 March 3, 2014 at 06:11 PM in News (4)
I'm sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place. But I know a lot of you love your K-cups and I was wondering how you Keurig users would feel about this. I'm unclear how they are going to keep the option open to brew in a Keurig with coffee grounds, unless they are cutting that out, too. Maybe if enough of us raise a stink, they will backtrack? It has worked before on other companies.

http://www.geek.com/news/keurig-c...e-1586636/
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Moonittude
03-03-2014 at 09:24 PM.
03-03-2014 at 09:24 PM.
I think we need to bombard them with emails and letters, politely letting them know how displeased we are. Sometimes that works.
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Frogstar
03-03-2014 at 09:39 PM.
03-03-2014 at 09:39 PM.
Say, what does DRM mean?
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Moonittude
03-03-2014 at 10:07 PM.
03-03-2014 at 10:07 PM.
Digital Rights Management.
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Maleficent
03-03-2014 at 10:14 PM.
03-03-2014 at 10:14 PM.
Quote from Moonittude :
Also, please don't derail the thread...
Pfft, this is the lounge - you have a better chance of being named supreme ruler of the universe than getting loungers not to derail a thread in the lounge. laugh out loud
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03-03-2014 at 11:24 PM.
03-03-2014 at 11:24 PM.
Quote from Maleficent :
Pfft, this is the lounge - you have a better chance of being named supreme ruler of the universe than getting loungers not to derail a thread in the lounge. laugh out loud
Being named supreme ruler of the universe? What's so hard about that?

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It's better if you read it using his voice.
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marg_fan
03-04-2014 at 04:59 AM.
03-04-2014 at 04:59 AM.
It says the new coffee makers will be out in the fall. Sound like time to purchase a backup or two.

I wonder where I could find them cheaper than MSRP. If only there was a website that helped sniff out deals on items such as these... Scratchchin
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AstroInactive
03-04-2014 at 05:05 AM.
03-04-2014 at 05:05 AM.
Quote from marg_fan :
It says the new coffee makers will be out in the fall. Sound like time to purchase a backup or two.

I wonder where I could find them cheaper than MSRP. If only there was a website that helped sniff out deals on items such as these... Scratchchin
And maybe few for reselling to those who wanna join an Occupy K-Cup movement...
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Dr. J
03-04-2014 at 05:13 AM.
03-04-2014 at 05:13 AM.
laugh out loud

And before it's launched someone has already hacked it.

Ask the printer people how well their "DRM" is working to sell cartridges.
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emelvee
03-04-2014 at 05:16 AM.
03-04-2014 at 05:16 AM.
I've never had coffee. Whee

Quote from James Bond 007 :
Grind your own beans like a man.
Is daily too much to "grind your own beans"? Blush
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03-04-2014 at 05:37 AM.
03-04-2014 at 05:37 AM.
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Ain't nobody got time fo dat...
Pffffftttttttt...........that was part of my job every morning as personal assistant to the owner of a company.......to grind fresh coffee beans and brew the coffee so it was on his desk when he arrived in the morning. The thing is I DETEST the smell of coffee, let alone the smell of coffee beans being ground Yuk But I must say I was paid quite well for the stoopid things I had to do to keep him happy - and don't go there you perverts Bonk His girlfriend worked at the company nod
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AstroInactive
03-04-2014 at 05:40 AM.
03-04-2014 at 05:40 AM.
It's good to be the king...
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LordOfChaos
03-04-2014 at 06:20 AM.
03-04-2014 at 06:20 AM.
Quote from Moonittude :
I think we need to bombard them with emails and letters, politely letting them know how displeased we are. Sometimes that works.
I think we should let them shoot themselves in the foot and fail at this "DRM" like others fail with theirs...

Ohhhhh! Maybe Steam will start offering coffee at sick ass prices that I cant pass up and I will have tons of coffee I never drink! Roll
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03-04-2014 at 06:35 AM.
03-04-2014 at 06:35 AM.
Quote from Moonittude :
Digital Rights Management.
So my analog coffee is safe?
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Kabn
03-04-2014 at 06:45 AM.
03-04-2014 at 06:45 AM.
i make most of my coffee with a french press at home and am very happy with it, but i've thought it might be nice to have a Keurig machine around for guests who want hot chocolate or some other specialty drink.

however, i've had my share of Keurig-made drinks at other places, and if they take away third-party pod functionality, i don't think i'll bother. i've never been impressed with their in-house coffee, and the best specialty drinks i've had have been from other companies.

if this goes through, i look forward to finding out which company will decide to make a run at an alternate "open source" single-cup brewer. Amazon?
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AstroInactive
03-04-2014 at 06:56 AM.
03-04-2014 at 06:56 AM.
They could call it the Brewdle...
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