Suppose you loved World of Warcraft. You bought it, you paid 15$ a month to play it for several years. The Blizzard decided to end of life the game, because they'd rather move you towards another of their products.
This happens with pretty much every game, DRM or not. Online or not. My favorite game of all time Frontier: Elite II. I can't play that game anymore, because... well, I haven't held on to any of my REALLY old computers or software for it.
I wonder if these people (the flash mob ones I mean) would be rallying towards any kind of online store that sold legal (but unhealthy) stuff. Like alcohol, tobacco and firearms. Let's throw pot into the mix just for fun.
Yes, people can get bitten in the ass by DRM. Just like they can with alcohol, tobacco, firearms (well, shoot themselves in the foot more likely) and pot. Yet that is (almost) always argued to be a personal choice. "I can damn well fuck up my own body if I want to!". Why not so with a computer? The DRM isn't a virus or a worm. Malware, sure - but it's not infecteous to other people's computers, so I say "let those who wish to use a DRM program/game do so". No skin off of my back.
"But I want that game!" Then buy it. You can't just go around buying non-cancerous cigarettes or alcohol that doesn't impair your judgement. If you don't want DRM, don't buy that game. It's a game. Nothing more.
Do I like DRM? No, I can't say that I do. But I can live without that game. Or any other game that has it.
My "sollution" and fairly good compromise would be to include an electronic one time pad token in the game box. To play you have to do a challange/response against an online server (alright, doesn't work for single player games), but at least it'll be 100% platform agnostic. Would work great for online games like World of Warcraft, since someone not only need to steal your token, but also know the password to the token to steal your account. Probably not so much for offline games. Though I suppose you could just have to verify to get new online content (like Spore does when you download).
I wonder if these people (the flash mob ones I mean) would be rallying towards any kind of online store that sold legal (but unhealthy) stuff. Like alcohol, tobacco and firearms. Let's throw pot into the mix just for fun.
Yes, people can get bitten in the ass by DRM. Just like they can with alcohol, tobacco, firearms (well, shoot themselves in the foot more likely) and pot. Yet that is (almost) always argued to be a personal choice. "I can damn well fuck up my own body if I want to!". Why not so with a computer? The DRM isn't a virus or a worm. Malware, sure - but it's not infecteous to other people's computers, so I say "let those who wish to use a DRM program/game do so". No skin off of my back.
"But I want that game!" Then buy it. You can't just go around buying non-cancerous cigarettes or alcohol that doesn't impair your judgement. If you don't want DRM, don't buy that game. It's a game. Nothing more.
Do I like DRM? No, I can't say that I do. But I can live without that game. Or any other game that has it.
My "sollution" and fairly good compromise would be to include an electronic one time pad token in the game box. To play you have to do a challange/response against an online server (alright, doesn't work for single player games), but at least it'll be 100% platform agnostic. Would work great for online games like World of Warcraft, since someone not only need to steal your token, but also know the password to the token to steal your account. Probably not so much for offline games. Though I suppose you could just have to verify to get new online content (like Spore does when you download).
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Suppose you loved World of Warcraft. You bought it, you paid 15$ a month to play it for several years. The Blizzard decided to end of life the game, because they'd rather move you towards another of their products. This happens with pretty much every game, DRM or not. Online or not. My favorite game of all time Frontier: Elite II. I can't play that game anymore, because ... well, I haven't held on to any of my REALLY old computers or software for it.
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I wonder if these people (the flash mob ones I mean) would be rallying towards any kind of online store that sold legal (but unhealthy) stuff. Like alcohol, tobacco and firearms. Let's throw pot into the mix just for fun.
Yes, people can get bitten in the ass by DRM. Just like they can with alcohol, tobacco, firearms (well, shoot themselves in the foot more likely) and pot. Yet that is (almost) always argued to be a personal choice. "I can damn well fuck up my own body if I want to!". Why not so with a computer? The DRM isn't a virus or a worm. Malware, sure - but it's not infecteous to other people's computers, so I say "let those who wish to use a DRM program/game do so". No skin off of my back.
"But I want that game!" Then buy it. You can't just go around buying non-cancerous cigarettes or alcohol that doesn't impair your judgement. If you don't want DRM, don't buy that game. It's a game. Nothing more.
Do I like DRM? No, I can't say that I do. But I can live without that game. Or any other game that has it.
My "sollution" and fairly good compromise would be to include an electronic one time pad token in the game box. To play you have to do a challange/response against an online server (alright, doesn't work for single player games), but at least it'll be 100% platform agnostic. Would work great for online games like World of Warcraft, since someone not only need to steal your token, but also know the password to the token to steal your account. Probably not so much for offline games. Though I suppose you could just have to verify to get new online content (like Spore does when you download).
I wonder if these people (the flash mob ones I mean) would be rallying towards any kind of online store that sold legal (but unhealthy) stuff. Like alcohol, tobacco and firearms. Let's throw pot into the mix just for fun. Yes, people can get bitten in the ass by DRM. Just like they can with alcohol, tobacco, firearms (well, shoot themselves in the foot more likely) and pot. Yet that is (almost) always argued to be a personal choice. "I can damn well fuck up my own body if I want to!". Why not so with a computer? The DRM isn't a virus or a worm. Malware, sure - but it's not infecteous to other people's computers, so I say "let those who wish to use a DRM program/game do so". No skin off of my back. "But I want that game!" Then buy it. You can't just go around buying non-cancerous cigarettes or alcohol that doesn't impair your judgement. If you don't want DRM, don't buy that game. It's a game. Nothing more. Do I like DRM? No, I can't say that I do. But I can live without that game. Or any other game that has it. My "sollution" and fairly good compromise would be to include an electronic one time pad token in the game box. To play you have to do a challange/response against an online server (alright, doesn't work for single player games), but at least it'll be 100% platform agnostic. Would work great for online games like World of Warcraft, since someone not only need to steal your token, but also know the password to the token to steal your account. Probably not so much for offline games. Though I suppose you could just have to verify to get new online content (like Spore does when you download).