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No matter what you invent, somebody will anyways crack it. As you increase the complexity, you risk introducing some problems for the paying customers. Even if

No matter what you invent, somebody will anyways crack it. As you increase the complexity, you risk introducing some problems for the paying customers. Even if the system is relatively easy to crack, it can still serve a purpose. People can't just ignore the license restrictions, they actually need to acknowledge the restrictions and then do some active work to circumvent those.

amelius 10y ago
But the point is that with a centralized protection scheme, cracking will potentially become very simple for the end-user.
- Karunamon 10y ago
  It's already very simple for the end user. Google, $prouctname $version crack, download.
  - amelius 10y ago
    Doesn't work for niche products though.
    - Nexxxeh 10y ago
      It does for some.
      - amelius 10y ago
        Yes, perhaps if they use a standard protection scheme :)
  - 0xfeba 10y ago
    And thus, botnets were borne.
- ezekg 10y ago
  You can still crack Adobe products with a simple /etc/hosts entry. There will always be ways to circumvent licensing.