1 hour ago, mSparks said:

But also to make sure no paying customers are inconvenienced by the DRM itself, which judging purely by the threads we have seen on here Gizmo hasnt been achieving

So you would rather not inconvenience the thieves yes thats the way the world is going.

Just now, mjrhealth said:

So you would rather not inconvenience the thieves yes thats the way the world is going.

The thieves aren't inconvenienced, they just click on the p2p link and enjoy the content.

Its only paying customers that have to put up with:

 

1 hour ago, mSparks said:

high quality commands a premium price.

Thats not true  they do it because they can and people are willing to pay that ridiculous money., somtimes theyre stuck and have no choice.

1 hour ago, mSparks said:

But also to make sure no paying customers are inconvenienced by the DRM itself, which judging purely by the threads we have seen on here Gizmo hasnt been achieving,

Download installer.

Double click installer.

Enter email and password when prompted as part of the installation.

Load X-Plane.

Enter email and password in the pop up for the add on.

Click Authorize.

Every 6 months, re-enter email and password (for YOUR security, in case you throw away a hard drive or sell your computer with the add on still installed.  You can even remotely de-activate the add on if your PC is somewhere on the other side of the planet.)

No 18 character serials to remember, save or write down.

No emailing support when activations exceed the limit.  No emailing support asking for a replacement serial in case you lose it.  If you sell your PC, with an already activated add on that is activated with a serial, that activation remains...forever.  So someone else enjoys something you paid for.

In all seriousness, please, can you please point out where the inconvenience within Gizmo's DRM lies?  It's easily the least inconvenient DRM that is out there.  And it was designed according to customers feedback.

If you have some kind of agenda against Gizmo, that's fine, but back it up with facts.  Not your own narrative.

Edited October 1, 20214 yr by GoranM

4 minutes ago, mSparks said:

The thieves aren't inconvenienced, they just click on the p2p link and enjoy the content.

Do you have a better solution give all the stuff away for free than you and everyone wont be inconvenienced. you do live in a fanciful world dont you.

4 minutes ago, mjrhealth said:

Do you have a better solution give all the stuff away for free

Like Apple you mean?

No DRM on their OS (except the password "pleasedonotsteal"), no DRM on their itunes. no piracy of note.

Edited October 1, 20214 yr by mSparks

19 minutes ago, GoranM said:

In all seriousness, please, can you please point out where the inconvenience within Gizmo's DRM lies?

two posts above yours. Along with everything you just posted. I mean, its not quite as inconvenient as having to put a CD in a drive for no reason every time you want to start a program, but still more inconvenient than not having to do any of that.  

Edited October 1, 20214 yr by mSparks

I honestly don't know what kind of reality you're living in.

2 things.

Agree to disagree.

If you don't like purchasing anything with a DRM...don't.  

2 minutes ago, GoranM said:

If you don't like purchasing anything with a DRM...don't.  

Do you have to do what you posted on the TBM, if not why not? surely not because it would be to inconvienient?

Edited October 1, 20214 yr by mSparks

You're going to have to explain that one.  I have no idea what you're asking me.

Just now, GoranM said:

You're going to have to explain that one.  I have no idea what you're asking me.

you worked on the tbm right? does your copy have gizmo drm.

Of course it does.  There was no way that was going to market without a DRM.

13 minutes ago, GoranM said:

Of course it does.  There was no way that was going to market without a DRM.

So you have to do everything you just posted for your own plane?

Ouch.

And you suffer that inconvenience because of people that have vowed never to pay you? (that fly it regardless)

wow.

Agree to disagree whether that makes sense for sure.

Edited October 1, 20214 yr by mSparks

4 minutes ago, mSparks said:

So you have to do everything you just posted for your own plane?

Yes.  Thanks to the dishonest people in the flight simming community.  

5 minutes ago, mSparks said:

Ouch.

Hardly.

5 minutes ago, mSparks said:

And you suffer that incontinence because of people who have vowed never to pay you?

No.  The TBM, and its DRM, have afforded me the time necessary for me to make my next add on.  3 years so far.  And I'm grateful to everyone who has purchased it, and to the DRM itself.  

Honestly, trying to understand your thinking, and trying to make you understand why DRM is important for developers AND customers, is exhausting.

Sparks, you're not my publisher.  You're not a customer.  You admitted to trying to crack DRM's.  And you believe DRM, the very thing developers depend on to ensure the safety of their own products, and ensure customers paid-for products, remain secure, should be illegal.

What planet do you live on??

Can you please just stop?  You're not going to change your mind.  And, short of you pulling a gun on me, I'm not going to change mine. Let it go.  It's gone from a pointless thread, to one that should be deleted.

Do what you want.  Don't preach to me about what I should do with my own work.

20 minutes ago, GoranM said:

No.  The TBM, and its DRM, have afforded me the time necessary for me to make my next add on.

Besides missing the point completely (I have xtlua, autoatc, a helicopter and a couple of planes in dev that need a licencing system and gizmo and sasl definitely isnt it)

Do you actually believe gizmo wasnt patched within days of its new release?

Edited October 1, 20214 yr by mSparks