Is EA's SecuRom/DRM really that bad?

[Buffalobiian]

I've been reading around for people's opinion on Far Cry 2's DRM. It's funny how in contrast to our discussions here, a lot of people are actually bitching about the 5 installs on 3 computer thing, and how they "can't freely use their product" like they used to. The way I see it, that's the least of your problems.

What's more confusing is how some say "Far Cry 2 will use the same SecuRom that Spore used, yet you can have 5 installs and get refunded them if you uninstall."

As far as I know, that wasn't the case with Spore, correct? I guess all this is kind of irrelevant since I'm intending to crack it anyway.

Regarding that, cracks still let you play online multiplayer as long as your serial key is legal, and you get an updated crack for every update you apply, right?

/Off-topic: Far Cry 2 is getting some pretty good reviews. Most are applauding its pioneering FPSxSandbox RPG and mostly smart AI. Bad points are lack of enemy-type variations and repetitive mission select interface.

[Dark Dragon]

For those of you that had accidentally installed Securom and want to remove it, this website had pretty good instruction on how to do so.

I'm happy i finally got that damn thing off my computer, most likely gonna just get crack from now on or just not buy any EA games altogether.