@Jeff S said:
Thanks for the further speculation .... as I said, it is indeed fun to rant about how things might be in our own imaginary worlds, but maybe it would be more productive to deal with facts?Again, I am not saying the 4th activation requirement/process is right or wrong, hard or easy, or anything at all-- I don't know. I am reserving my judgement on it until I have more information.
This is the point I was trying to make:
@ammoQ said:
A general thought: Some users, including me, will never ever use
pirated software on their computers. Because no amount of McAfee,
Symantec etc. "security software" can ever make sure that a pirated
copy of a program does not contain malware features that makes it
basically a trojan. I use my computer for important things too, so I
don't want it infected.For the same reason, I will never ever buy software that comes with rootkit-like DRM
At the risk of sounding like a Stallman-ite, it's your computer, why should you have to reliquish control. Of course, you don't have to buy the certain products that carry that risk. BioShock, for example, is an amazing game, and I would throw my money (and perhaps a pair of scented underwear) at the developers to own that game, if only they hadn't figured I must be a pirate and felt the need to use rootkits on my computer in order to get the privelege of playing it.
Books (or generally, art) carry the same sort of intellectual psuedo-property rights that software does on some levels, but they don't make you install cameras in your house to make sure you're not "mis-using" it.