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Originally Posted by kennyc
Then you better dump all your technology because it is all dependent on third and multiple parties....
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Uh... maybe I understand you the wrong way, but nothing of my current stuff except Windows 7 depends on anything or anyone to get it to work.
Even without internet, I would be able to use all the stuff I have. Of course the internet-enabled parts would not work (like multiplayer in games), but all of the main functionality is there.
Compare that to a program or a game that requires an always-on internet connection. As soon as the publisher deems the program to be "old", the authentication server goes off-line, and the program will be unusable.
The software I (still) have that does this is Windows 7, and I've resolved that by just keeping a clean, activated and updated image put away in case I ever need it.