 Permalink for comment 169080 RE[2]: Activation. by twenex on
Fri 6th Oct 2006 14:54 UTC in reply to "RE: Activation." Member
since:  There are two facets to this. Firstly, why should people
have to "activate" a product they've already paid for? Would you
accept Toshiba coming to your house to check whether you're only
viewing legally-obtained DVD's on their player you just bought?
Or Epson coming to "activate" your printer, or to check that
you've not been printing off copies of "Pride and Prejudice"?
No? I sure as hell wouldn't.  Secondly, why should customers
trust companies who don't trust their customers? It's not as if
they're whiter than white. In fact in their quest to "make
money" they will do things that are unethical, immoral, and
illegal, quite happily, and quite often. Check the recent news
stories on Enron, Apple, HP and Microsoft for evidence.  Reply
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