I don't understand how it is so easy to defeat the protection - but clearly it isn't worth doing if the crack reached the public just days after the product was released.

Is there any program that can't be cracked? I sort of doubt it. The people that do that are some of the best programmers in the world. Are there other programs that check in as well? Yes, there are 1000's upon 1000's of them.

This type of licensing setup is big money, and it is here to stay.

Smart phones check in, computers programs check in, your cable box checks in, Many new cars check in, (Onstar, etc)

Many used car lots now put devices in the cars to GPS track it, and to keep it from starting if you forget to pay on the loan. 

To all those people that have these, are you fine with those things constantly checking in? Did you even know they do?

If your cable box cant check in, it blocks all the stations, wont have a guide, etc, If your smart phone cant, well you are not going to make any calls then either.

If anyone thinks for a min that this is going away, it is not.

All credit cards will soon require RF chips by law and wont work if you take it out. So you will be checking in whenever you walk near a reader. And those things are all over the place, in just about every store by the door, etc. You will still be able to pay with cash. But the store knows you when you walked in, and when you went out if that card is in your wallet....

Saying you are not going to put up with it, does not change the fact that you already are on more fronts than you might first realize.

The difference is you didn't realize it, or dont really care about the other ones because they are not inconvenient.

Yes having to do something to unlock it can be a pain, but at least you know it wants to check in. The stuff mentioned earlier never even asks you to do so....

You have to pay your cable bill to keep the box unlocked, same with your cell phone. SM is not charging to unlock it are they?

Food for thought...

Anyone that is not happy about this, is allowed to have that opinion and I am not saying that you should not. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. 

If you are moving on because of it, that is your choice. Just keep in mind that most computer programs are going to this. And most of the ones on your cell phone and tablet already have. Anything that is subscription based is as well.

I am not 100% sold on the idea but at the same time I realize that it is nothing new, or going away either.

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