These things are like door locks. The point is to make it harder to pirate than to pay. This doesn’t mean people won’t pirate. Just like a door lock doesn’t mean people won’t burgle.
If it took a long time to open the door because the lock is too complex, it is the lock maker’s fault not the burglar’s fault. The solution is to buy a new lock.
That’s a bad analogy. A door lock protects the user. A door lock can be left unlocked. DRM does nothing to improve the user experience and it frequently punishes paying customers. Even the best, least hated DRM will negatively affect legitimate users by its very nature. And Denuvo is one of the worst.
If you want to use the door analogy, it’s like every time you want to open the door you need to call the door company and give them the serial number that’s on the door to show that you bought an authentic door. And any one else trying to open your door can also give the number written on the door because the company only cares that it was a legally purchased door and not about protecting the user.
I think it’s a better metaphor that they removed all windows, made the walls 2m thick cement and replaced the door with a 10 inch thick heavy steel door.
Absolutelly, it makes it very well protected from unauthorized outsiders just coming in … at the cost of living in a bunker with no natural sunlight, stale air, mold and having to push a 2 ton door to get in or out.
Now, some people might be ok with living in such a bunker for their own personal protection, but very few are ok with living in a bunker to protect the software in the computer they have in their bunker from being copied.
People are pissed because Denuvo makes their life harder whilst having literally zero upsides for them personally.
These things are like door locks. The point is to make it harder to pirate than to pay. This doesn’t mean people won’t pirate. Just like a door lock doesn’t mean people won’t burgle.
If it took a long time to open the door because the lock is too complex, it is the lock maker’s fault not the burglar’s fault. The solution is to buy a new lock.
That’s a bad analogy. A door lock protects the user. A door lock can be left unlocked. DRM does nothing to improve the user experience and it frequently punishes paying customers. Even the best, least hated DRM will negatively affect legitimate users by its very nature. And Denuvo is one of the worst.
If you want to use the door analogy, it’s like every time you want to open the door you need to call the door company and give them the serial number that’s on the door to show that you bought an authentic door. And any one else trying to open your door can also give the number written on the door because the company only cares that it was a legally purchased door and not about protecting the user.
Except this lock fills the secured room with molasses. The paying individual now suffers through wading in molasses.
If only they were just locks.
I think it’s a better metaphor that they removed all windows, made the walls 2m thick cement and replaced the door with a 10 inch thick heavy steel door.
Absolutelly, it makes it very well protected from unauthorized outsiders just coming in … at the cost of living in a bunker with no natural sunlight, stale air, mold and having to push a 2 ton door to get in or out.
Now, some people might be ok with living in such a bunker for their own personal protection, but very few are ok with living in a bunker to protect the software in the computer they have in their bunker from being copied.
People are pissed because Denuvo makes their life harder whilst having literally zero upsides for them personally.
Ultimately locks are just suggestions. If someone is determined to get in, they will.
Exactly, they keep honest people honest, just like piracy protection.