When Windows XP required activation by phoning home to Microsoft, we said it was going to end badly. (In fact, we were so sure that software engineers regularly kept Windows Loader, which bypassed activation, up to date, and followed up with windows 7 and 8)
I made the mistake of starting an account with the Stardock digital distribution platform, and buying some games on it. Once I had a sizeable library, Stardock sold the service to Gamestop, who failed to maintain it and closed it, and I lost the whole library.
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When Windows XP required activation by phoning home to Microsoft, we said it was going to end badly. (In fact, we were so sure that software engineers regularly kept Windows Loader, which bypassed activation, up to date, and followed up with windows 7 and 8)
I made the mistake of starting an account with the Stardock digital distribution platform, and buying some games on it. Once I had a sizeable library, Stardock sold the service to Gamestop, who failed to maintain it and closed it, and I lost the whole library.
To this day, I resent both companies for that.