![]() Photoshop you can happily block from ever connecting online and it won't complain, Ohh, I didn't quite make it clear with that one, this program checked every time, and if it couldn't connect and verify it, it refused to work! :O So, you can only use it when it can connect to it's server. However, when you have a forum full of pending bug reports, it's nice to get a fix every now and then (HINT HINT ). I agree that bug fixes should be done at the beta stages, and the release should be as bug free as possible. That's totaly lame.Īlso, monthly updates for bugfixes I don't think is good practice either, being able up update bugs makes companies lazy with testing, knowing that if they miss anything they can update it later Yeah those things are HORRIBLE! And sometimes there's also unskipable "coming soon" previews. It's like those unskipable anti piracy messages you get on DVDs, whenever I have to see that crap I think, if I'd got a pirate copy, I wouldn't have to watch this, I'd be watching the film by now Farmville for example, used to harvest info about you while you harvested your virtual field, and sell the info to advertising companies or whatever. It's just like all those Facebook apps (or whatever they're called). While the vast majority of the companies do that for legitimate purposes, or to stop piracy, there are unfotunatly those who sell the information to the highest bidder. I'm sorry to tell you that alot of the software that we use every day "spies" on you and your computer. ![]() I found out that it connects to verify the registration details every time you use it.ĭid you know that Windows7 does that every time you boot your computer?ĭid you know that Adobe Photoshop does that every time you load it? The software companies can't chase individuals that use pirated software, they can only go after professionals, and people realise that paying a fine for using pirated softwaer is less aconomic than paying once for the software and use it freely. However, no professional that makes a living out of the softwar uses a pirated copy. Even Windows is pirated on most computers, I suspect. Where I live every teenager has all the best and newest professional software on his computer, and they use it for their teenage stuff, like editing their videos, adding little hearts and stars to pictures and such. It's best to keep updates down to the least possible. It's like those unskipable anti piracy messages you get on DVDs, whenever I have to see that crap I think, if I'd got a pirate copy, I wouldn't have to watch this, I'd be watching the film by now.Īlso, monthly updates for bugfixes I don't think is good practice either, being able up update bugs makes companies lazy with testing, knowing that if they miss anything they can update it later. Anything that inconveniences users is a bad thing. I once almost got a nice lil 3D editing thingy for second life, but just before I got it, I found out that it connects to verify the registration details every time you use it, I was like noooo, I don't think I'll be getting that. If anyone actually was using this as a deliberate tactic, then I'd certainly not buy the product. I'm just saying it's a handy by-product of on-line connectivity. In fact, that would be terrible, and extremely frustrating for paying customers! ![]() I'm certainly not suggesting that constant updates just to block pirated serials are a good strategy. In most of cases, if they were instead selling the software at a cheaper price, the would get much better results. But the are a so small number that I think FBI and companies are wasting much more money to fight against piracy than what they would lose if they simply were forgetting the problem. Yes, there are surely also people who download the pirate version and, if that version was not available, they would buy the original software. That's why they never thought to spend some money for it. Maybe they just use it a couple of times and after forget it. They don't even have few ideas about how to use it and no serious intention to use it for long time. People who aren't really interested in the program. Do we want to take it away just to be able to say "I deleted pirated software"? There is no need to take it away, because anyway the software maker would not receive any advantage. What they download ( or buy for few money ) is one of their few enjoyment. The people there cannot buy a new software: it is too expensive and they need those money to buy food instead. So, what to do? Stopping it? It is meaningless. In some countries, for example in Indonesia, you can normally find in the net or in the shops pirated or copied software. They really don't have money to buy the new soft. I think there are two categories of people:ġ. We should before wonder who uses pirated software. I think that in general fighting piracy is a loss of time.
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