The gawd-almighty merged DRM in Silent Hunter V thread

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Originally Posted by BigVette

I remember being deployed at sea whilst in the Marines and having a laptop to spend the down time is a huge morale booster. With a laptop I could go anywhere on the boat that I otherwise had access to, and in my own peace and security do email on my own off-time (via Outlook while offline, and just send it when I get to a hub where I can,) I can watch movies with my headphones, or I can do something like play a wargame or sub sim to take my mind off the other stuff while not on duty.

If software is going to eventually all go online for verification than the industry is doomed to fail because even people who lawfully purchase the software will hold out because as in my case, even a legal copy wouldn't allow me to use it when and where I needed to.

I can understand software developers plight, but I find it ironic that a WWII German Navy war sim would revert to a nazi-esque form of copy protection.

By a French company no less. Take that you krauts!