So why do people hate the dreaded Spore DRM (or any DRM) again?

[greenmedic88]

Kasz216 said:

Has anyone yet to say how the 3 installs thing prevents piracy?

At all? How does this stop people from downloading a game and installing it. I'm not getting this.  Because... when you downlaod and pirate... it's basically 1 install.

The online features and the binding of the game to your EA account are the real piracy features.  The 3 install thing is a scam unless someone can actually explain to me how that stops piracy.

It totally doesn't.

No more than a disc key would.

It just makes using the game that much harder for the user over time. And it makes it pretty much impossible to transfer the game to another user.

So basically, it prevents the game from being loaned, shared, handed down, re-sold, etc. which is probably the real intent.