Software makers put DRM on the stuff to begin with as a way to try to combat the rampant piracy of unlocked, for-sale software.
If so many people had not pirated software, then we would all still be purchasing unlocked stuff like back in the 80s.
It is not a character defect in the seller that he attempts to padlock his merchandise, once evidence of nonpayment by "customers" begins to surface.
A fruit vendor may ask customers to make their own change from a cigar box in the front of the fruit stand, until the inventory and the cigar box contents don't jibe at the end of the day. Then there's a cash register and a kid watching the store and it's a whole big deal to buy an apple (and only slightly more difficult to steal one).
But who started the escalation? The person who does not feel like paying for the fruit.
Now it's true that the fruit stand goods are somewhat different from software, especially in the minds of software pirates, but the process that starts up the inconvenience for paying customers still originates with nonpaying customers: acquiring the product without paying.
I understand annoyance about apps phoning home. I used to think it was ok for them to phone home until we register the thing but after that,gimme a break. Then I realized that people will reggie the thing and share it on, or try to use a one-seat license on a network.
So the phone-home gig is another part of that reaction by vendors to people not buying their own license. Still ticks me off, but I do not blame the vendor for this, I blame the pirates.
yes and this is the problem, no matter what you do pirates will find a way.. Do you believe just because it's a little harder to crack that it won't be cracked at all and all the mean angry mob pirate gang who steal from you will magically spit out money and pay the full retail price?
Meanwhile back at home the honest customer who has always been a honest customer is installing a microsoft office pack for three computers on the fourth system because the thrid one is broken gets an error and now not only does the person have to call a robot voice at ms corp, no it has to type in a huge number and lets hope the system works....
Meanwhile the pirate with a cracked copy is done in 20 minutes with a download... Download, DOuble Click, Done!
oh and look at this cool thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/757919/