Ok, I didn't understood you were talking about a continuous "E-T" ! (rather a one-time activation)
Le mercredi 7 novembre 2012 07:17:38 UTC+1, Joshua Cearley a écrit : > > On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:30:51 PM UTC-6, robisme wrote: > >> Would a "phone home" activation system bother you that much ? What's the >> point problem ? >> > > It's generally a dealbreaker for me. For me its a rights issue; I don't > recognize that a publisher has the privilege to nanny my computer. I give > them money, they give me product, and that's the end of our contact (I > rarely talk to tech support.) They can EULA all they want, which may not > even be a binding contract in one's place of residence, but I don't > recognize it. > > As Dwight says there are issues with hardware failures and unforgiving > systems; I've had mac hardware fail and required going through Apple to > deauthorize all devices (most DRM users don't actually provide this option > to you; MathStudio for instance gives you 5 installs per purchase and > officially says that if you need more for any reason, you have to pay up.) > I've had Windows instances get unusable (I do a lot of development, and > software testing, so things get clogged down pretty bad) even to the point > Windows wouldn't allow a reinstall without talking to support (while if I > were to have pirated XP instead of using a legal copy, was a simple > two-click bypass...) Plus periods of time where ISPs suffer failures > (Steam's "always on" policy made problems here; and no, "offline mode" > doesn't work 100%. That has a 2-week expiry and has to be activated prior > to losing connection, must have a remembered password (less secure), or > else it glitches up), and with the new "six-strikes" mess where ISPs are > planning to punish people with disconnections for *allegations* that * > someone* might have done *something* using your connection (and its > considered your fault even if it was a script kiddy sitting on the other > side of town with a mounted dish scraping your wi-fi; which is a very > possible means of hijacking internet connections.) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/cMU9ElMBI_EJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
