Op Ed

TechSpot Blog - Why even pay for software? A declaration against poorly implemented DRM.
"Every time I change a major piece of hardware I end up with a warning message informing me that I have two days to reactivate my copy of Windows. Okay, that’s not so bad. Just click re-activate then shall we. Hang on, that didn’t work, and now I have to ring the Microsoft support center based on India and try to communicate a 60+ digit code to someone I can barely understand. After that process is done I can finally use my computer again. Yay! Well… at least until I need to change/upgrade something again."

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@cliffski
"indeed. how silly that programmers should be paid for their work. they should all work for free!"

That's not really the point, DRM does not do its job.
It does not stop pirates, who are resourceful enough to get around it, and it punishes people who actually bought the product by making their lives more difficult. Basically, the pirated version is more user friendly, and that is with the difficulties involved with cracking, etc. accounted for.
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