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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
...they are necessary because people steal [...] So, DRM has become necessary.
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If online DRM was necessary, than all games would have it (it would be
necessary for them to have it!). That they don't, shows it isn't.
It may be advantageous, but it can't be necessary.
Somewhere between no DRM and cutting off fingers of gamers to prevent
piracy, there is a happy medium between the the need of producers to
protect their game and the need of customers to have rights to what they
paid for.
You appear to think that Ubisoft's new DRM has not crossed the line and
become to much of a problem for the customer to justify. Fair enough.
It's all about what you are prepared to put up with in the battle against
piracy. What it isn't about is having to put up with something because it is
necessary. It evidently isn't.
It may yet be revealed to be the case that not having such intrusive DRM
is necessary for a game to sell. That all depends on where people draw the line.