This is exactly why I always wait at least 6 months before installing a new operating system. Usually by then quite a bit of the bugs, security holes, etc get worked out. I'll let someone else be a guinea pig and not me;)
I don't think it would only hurt their sales, but I believe it may hurt them physically. In some countries, if you piss the wrong people off, you could end up being in a very, very bad situation.
What's next, the Department of Cyber Homeland Security? Although this is obviously an important issue, is counterattacking truly the best idea? Perhaps there should be better systems in place to protect against these attacks instead of "fighting fire with fire"
In that case I'll just buy my memory in the United States, but continue to download in Canada;)
But on a more serious note, wouldn't this suggest to the public that downloading is actually acceptable since they are truly paying for it when they pay for such a device?
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This is exactly why I always wait at least 6 months before installing a new operating system. Usually by then quite a bit of the bugs, security holes, etc get worked out. I'll let someone else be a guinea pig and not me ;)
I don't think it would only hurt their sales, but I believe it may hurt them physically. In some countries, if you piss the wrong people off, you could end up being in a very, very bad situation.
What's next, the Department of Cyber Homeland Security? Although this is obviously an important issue, is counterattacking truly the best idea? Perhaps there should be better systems in place to protect against these attacks instead of "fighting fire with fire"
In that case I'll just buy my memory in the United States, but continue to download in Canada ;)
But on a more serious note, wouldn't this suggest to the public that downloading is actually acceptable since they are truly paying for it when they pay for such a device?