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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
I resent DRM for the same reason I resent having my reciept checked as I walk out of Wal Mart - I'm a law-abiding paying customer, and I will not abide being treated like a criminal. That's why I don't shop at Wal Mart, and I avoid games with onerous DRM schemes.
Punishing the innocent to put a temporary road block up for pirates is a good way to alienate customers.
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Someone checking your reciept is not treating you like a criminal. One would have to be obscenely aloof to think that way, in my opinion.
Most retailers that check receipts do so as a measure against CASHIER error, which is responsible for most of the losses retailers occur.
In any case, what I find odd is that you believe that, because you find yourself to be trustworthy, people who invest substantial sums into their businesses should therefore trust a very untrustworthy public-at-large. I don't like DRM either, but for different reasons. But I certainly can understand why they do it.
But your idea that it's alienating customers (like Walmart) doesn't hold a lot of water - sales are up at Walmart, and people have shown that they'll buy great software regardless of DRM.