I've given up dealing with companies which insist
on internet
activation and all that crap -- instead I try and find a competing
product which
I just hack it :)
I used to do that, until I found I had more
fun hacking off the copy
protection than I did using the application itself :)
I do reward the developer, but I do hate when I'm treated as a thief.
I bought a software to hack the TPM chip of the IBM Thinkpad. A client
had it locked, and needed to unlock it. The software is good enough, and I
PAID for it. But the developer locks the software to my machine and, if I
change the motherboard (it happens with time) or format the HD, I loose the
key that makes it work, and the developer DOES NOT send me a new key, in any
case.
Do you think I'll use a 120GB HD for the rest of my life? And an older
motherboard?
Sorry developer, I hacked your program, and now it is unlocked. I'll not
give it even for registered users, but I'll not loose what I paid for you.
I'm the buyer, not the one who pirated it.
:o)
