What's your take on Securom?
MaryH:
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You might consider why they invented securom, to avoid piracy and that also includes the people that borrowed EP's from eachother or installed the game on more then one computer.
How would you feel when you invent something nice and your neighbor makes 100 copy's of it and gives them away for free......
The fact of the matter is that Securom does not prevent piracy, or does it enhance your gaming experience.
It is full of malware, and it has a lousy track record of disabling emulation drivers, such as CD or DVD burners. It is invasive and installs itself to your inner-most computer workings. It takes forever to remove it.
In other words, it is spyware of the worst kind and it is not for your benefit. It is for EA's.
cuddles:
Yea I didn't really know about securom until Freetime... however I always got no-cd cracks for my games so I think/hope it was never installed on my PC. In my great weakness... I got AL to finish the series. :slap:
I know many people would frown at me for giving EA money after knowing about securom... Actually my sister was pretty mad at me when I told her what I did, she's been anti-securom for some time already (she plays sims as well). The Freetime version of Securom actually messed with her computer pretty bad so I can understand.
So what is my take on Securom: I hate Sony/Securom, I am totally disgusted with EA and I vow never to buy anything ever again after this in the hopes that one day they will get their heads out of their butts and remove Securom from all their future releases
abaris:
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So what is my take on Securom: I hate Sony/Securom, I am totally disgusted with EA and I vow never to buy anything ever again after this in the hopes that one day they will get their heads out of their butts and remove Securom from all their future releases
That'll be the day when the Easter bunny and father christmas make a personal appearance to shake hands.
I really want to look into the heads of these corporate suits. It has been proven again and again, that no copy protection whatsoever prevents piracy. And what do they do? They treat you to a first class rootkit, one of the most aggressive pieces of spyware on the market which also happens to fiddle with your drives and - god forbid - virtual drives.
Yes, I know, they have to introduce some kind of protection to be legally on the safe side should they happen to stumble over a pirate, but any piece of protection would do that kind of job. No need for rolling out the nukes.
But make no mistake about it. People will keep on buying. Kids pestering their parents and mummy or daddy, who haven't got a clue about securom will stare in silent wonder at their rigs and ask themselves why all over sudden their rigs don't do what they should do anymore.
nobody7382:
I have no problem with Securom and never did. If any of you have been playing games (other than the Sims) over the past 15 years, then you knew about Securom long ago.
I have 10 year old games still on my pc that use securom protection. I would classify it as being less invasive than Starforce.
Like or not, I think around 50% of all games that come out these days have Securom. So are you going to quit playing games just because they have a copy protection? You just insert the disc and play. It's no big deal.
And no, Securom does not destroy computers or fry your dvd drive. Anyone who says stuff like that (especially on the official ea Sims 2 forums) is probably making up stories to get attention or else they don't know much about computers and are mistaken.
So, Securom is fine by me. The developer can do whatever they want to protect their game. I guess if you don't like it then don't buy the Sims 2 or 50% of the other games that came out last month either :smt120
MaryH:
I would like to respectfully disagree with every single statement you made.
SecuRom has disabled entire drives, DVD players, CD players and destroyed entire systems. There are hundreds, if not thousands of gamers who have had to replace parts of or their entire computer for what it does to it.
It is not a figment of our imagination that it is spyware, or harmful.
SecuRom has not been out for more than 5 years. Before it was used, EA used another type of DRM which was quite less onerous.
About 75% of games now being made are using SecuRom.
If you would like more information about the reality of what it does, please visit the website in my sig.
I think you would learn a lot about this issue.
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