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The Pepsi Challenge of any DRM scheme is this: Will I end up regretting that I didn't just pirate it instead? (ie: Did the purchase experience leave me with any
by lukifer 16y ago
The Pepsi Challenge of any DRM scheme is this: Will I end up regretting that I didn't just pirate it instead? (ie: Did the purchase experience leave me with anything less than warm fuzzies, and/or did the product
end up being crippled in some way?)
Though hardly bulletproof, or optimal, this particular mechanism clearly passes that test, and should be lauded.
- maushu 16y agoYeah, this happened to me regarding Starcraft 2. I ended up regretting buying it after it took me half a dozen tries just to play single-player with my not-so-good mobile internet connection.
- robryan 16y agoHad no problems with starcraft 2 at first, but the real telling moment came when I noticed that I couldn't play single player without first registering my account for offline play with a net connection that I didn't have where I was at the time. Felt weird having a game I had paid for and installed legit that I was being prevented from playing.
- maushu 16y agoYeah, I forgot about the need to register on battle.net