I was actually relieved to find the opposite, that this only concerns the store until it goes out of the door. There was a story the other day that Office 2010

I was actually relieved to find the opposite, that this only concerns the store until it goes out of the door. There was a story the other day that Office 2010 was no longer activating in some regions because the activation servers just aren't there anymore. The downside of having an iphone-esque "activation lock" is that you could be left with a 10yo drill that isn't permitted to turn on because the activation servers have been abandoned - and any sensible workaround negates its use as a theft deterrent.