** This thread discusses the content article: DRM Blues Continue **

Apparently a lot of people haven't had any issues with the Ubisoft DRM. What happened to the old days where bugs just affected everyone -_-

Ubisoft are putting it at 95% unaffected, which seems a little sus. Kind of like acknowledging the problem while still trying to sweep it under a mat at the same time.

The basic point remains, however. That point being that the only people who are getting punished here are honest customers.

Image Line software (makers of FLStudio) take a great approach: People are gonna pirate our software anyway, why punish our paying users. Ever other DAW software out there uses iLok dongles or other hardware to authenticate, and these fail often for paying users and the hackers just download a patch and use it anyway (without all the DRM hassles).

It's kind of (but not exactly) like putting locks on car doors, it just inconveniences people and a thief will just break a window and steal regardless. You'll only stop the lazy opportunes, and they probably have no intention of ever buying anyway, so you haven't actually protected your assets or secured a future sale by stopping people from illegally using it.