I’m really curious why companies try to enforce DRM like protections into their products even though they should know that this is on a large scale only affecting the customers who actually purchase their products. This is in my opinion counter productive, but lets analyze this a little bit further.
Users who purchase Microsoft Windows have to activate and update it. Users who download it from P2P get it activated and with the latest updates installed. What’s wrong with this picture ? Oh yes, the first batch of users who actually paid for the product are having a less comfortable version.
They have to activate the system and will have to do it again if they change important hardware in the system. They have to use Windows Updates to update their system after the purchase as well.
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Just like what you said before Martin, why WGA will fail… and it failed..
Not to forget Mublinder which makes it possible to install updates via WU with no problem.
So yes the ones who gets f****d by M$ is the ones who paid for their OS or program.
Same as with those who buys music with DRM while pirates dl it with no DRM.
DRM will never work as long as there are people who thinks it’s fun to crack it and i believe there are a few out there ain’t it?
There is one sad thing, that legal user have to pay for all those “genuine validation” technologies :/
Ahhh.. that lovely feeling again…
Trying to find the “cure” for Vista but my files are held hostage by evil evil Microsoft after my trial period of vista expired. Is there any way that you can “cure” vista after expiration period?
[quote]DRM will never work as long as there are people who thinks it’s fun to crack it and i believe there are a few out there ain’t it?[/quote] :p
it’s not fun, but it a must for a life of human being