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Things are changing even more as far as EA and DRM are concerned. Back in December, the company released a de-authorization tool for Spore which allowed users to switch five authorizations around between machines and now they have unveiled the same tool for over a dozen more games with similar restrictions. While not as good as getting rid of SecuROM completely, this will at least help alleviate complaints that the limited activations scheme is too much for users to bear.
The software doesn't uninstall the games it de-authorizes, allowing someone to just re-launch and re-activate if they so choose. Of course, that doesn't help you at all if you are maxed out on authorizations for a game and your machine was wiped. Piracy may still be the easiest option, but at the very least this is another step in the right direction.
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Limiting installs is not stopping piracy, it's only hurting the paying customer. I haven't bought the game because of this. Even with the new changes, I still won't run out and buy the game. When they start removing all the limitations, then I will know my money is well spent.
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*yawn* I agree with viperpfl and techspot. Yeah, this is a step in the right direction but it's certainly not making me any happier with the industry right now.
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It's good they decided to do this but I wouldn't be surprised if someone find a rootkit or some other else built into the software.
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I guess this is a step in the right direction. Obviously the best solution is to remove DRM completely and take off the additional costs. With as many determined individuals as there are, the more the software companies try to "protect" themselves, the smarter people become and the smarter the tools used to circumvent DRM become.
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