Comment by thecrash

DRM isn't a relevant comparison because there the explicit intention is to prevent users from accessing data they've already been given. Everyone knows this is not possible in a strong sense, time-wasting through obfuscation is the best DRM can hope for.

The other reason obfuscation makes sense for DRM is the threat actors are individual consumers, who have limited time and resources to devote to untangling the obfuscation, and limited reward for doing so.

Normally we might expect to see many such users combining their resources to fund a solution to their problem at scale (by founding a public business or foundation for de-obfuscating DRM), but the state has made doing this punishable by prison. So DRM is rendered effective not so much through good engineering but through the legal system. This is an adequate solution for companies when the threat actors are simple civilians who want to play video games.