Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums > General > General Chat > I'm never buying music or games again

[o_O]

I buy a lot of music, and will continue to do so. I also buy a lot of software, but I'll definitely be more careful about what includes what now.

If they're putting rootkits into commercial software now, I shudder to think how long it will be before they cross the line and start monitoring activity of other natures on computers at their discretion. There is a definite privacy and trust breach here, that kind of reminds me of the WGA uproar.

[I'm my own MILF]

I long for the days when we only had CD keys to complain about.

Here's the thing: There has yet to be a software protection mechanism which works. I would imagine that they are compelled to try and create one, because if they don't take active steps to protect their stuff they could be greatly weakened in court over it (Ie. "Why didn't you even put basic copy-protection on this? You clearly don't care that your game is being copied. Case dismissed.") But, just as with movies, where you will be told not to pirate only when you pay to see a movie, these measures only hurt genuine customers.

Had I known in time, I would not have purchased Bioshock until this matter was resolved.

[Proxy]

I buy my CD's and Movies.
The way I look at it, if you like the band/artist, you'll buy thier CD so they can make more in the future.

[Meat Puppet]

Well I, for one, happen to be a huge fan of rootkits.

[Mirage]

Originally Posted by Polaris ^

Well lots of people download music because the games and cd prizes are stupid! Here a music CD costs 20€ wtf?? 20€ for a damn cd? when you can have a pack of 20 cds for 2,50€??? :eep:
Plus a game for a Ps2 costs 60€ a football games :eep: For Chris sake
-.-" I would give 35€ (I bought my FF8 for 25) but more than that it's just stupid! ^^ Besides here people don't gain too much money with thei jobs so if anyone wnats to have the entire FF collection *laughs* weather they download or win the lottery!:rolleyes2

What, you think you're paying for the actual medium? You're paying for a limited license to listen to the music, not the actual CD.

[Baloki]

Originally Posted by Meat Puppet ^

Well I, for one, happen to be a huge fan of rootkits.

[Fatal Impurity]

Haha i remember when i found the StarForce protection hiding in my hardware manager! Man it gave me no limit of pleasure to press "uninstall hardware". In fact the weird thing was games that used starforce still worked without the service running....