> The only reasonable explanation I can think of for such a terrible failure is that anti-DRM people are DDOSing the servers.
Don't forget Hanlon's razor.
It might be a DDoS, but given how stupid was the decision to implement such a DRM scheme in the first place, I would not be surprised if their incompetence also extended to a really lousy and unreliable implementation of the idea.
This. Any DRM scheme that tries to take away users' control over their own open hardware is both despicable and doomed. How smart can you be before you decide you'd rather not have that on your résumé?
Don't forget Hanlon's razor.
It might be a DDoS, but given how stupid was the decision to implement such a DRM scheme in the first place, I would not be surprised if their incompetence also extended to a really lousy and unreliable implementation of the idea.