All of these facts are not made plain to consumers before purchasing the game. SecuROM also operates at "Ring 0" which is to say the core of the kernel layer which is clever in that it is hard to bypass the program yet dangerous because anything that goes wrong will completely destroy the users session. In the recent class action suit the defendants publicly document how the DRM used in Spore remains installed even after the game has been removed from the users computer. People who are pirating the game actually enjoy more freedom in the sense that their system does not have SecuROM permanently installed onto the hard drive. This is possibly the most insulting bit for consumers. Yet 30 seconds of searching on a popular torrent site shows not only Spore but a cracked copy that totally removes all DRM from the game. They hold on to the claim that DRM helps reduce piracy. They have even made a verbal (but unenforceable) promise to disable the DRM system by patch should they ever end of life the product.īut so far EA refuses to give in to consumer demand that they simply get rid of the DRM system. EA has backpedaled a bit and eased the restrictions on the number of installs per machine. Thousands of Amazon users labeled Spore a poor choice because of the SecuROM DRM system that is forced onto PC users machines that purchase the game. The backlash over DRM has finally started to gather serious momentum.Įveryday consumers started a campaign to give the highly anticipated game Spore one-star ratings on Amazon.
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