Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending the way in which EA and SecuROM have gone about it all, and I totally disagree with the fact that you don't get a notification informing you that it will be installed...but as for agreeing to it, they should offer that and if a player doesnt want to accept then installation should be cancelled.
I agree with the majority with what both Dom and GamingBob say. On the other hand however, I think that the damage caused by SecuROM in regard to hard drive damage etc, has been drastically over-blown. Don't get me wrong, I still think there was a massive number of people effected, but I think its not quite as wide spread as people are saying - i.e. from the Chinese whispers effect etc.
As it goes for
uninstalling the game,
https://support.securom.com/removaltool/ is the apparant link that will guide you through uninstalling it and with a few minutes surfing on Google, a few guides can be found providing the "know-how" of how to uninstall it using several methods (one of which I saw somewhere was using command prompt).
As it goes for the lawsuits being brought against EA and SecuROM, all I can say is I totally understand why they have been brought against SecuROM as tbh they have been just a lil bit naughty lol...and also I am suprised they are still using SecuROM especially as it has been proved that it only takes our beloved game Pirates 3-5 days to solve it and then they laugh about it, make it available for download in any case, leaving honest schmucks like us still suffering...
Basically, I'm sure there are going to be A LOT of angry or frustrated comments coming my way, but I'm not defending SecuROM in anyway, I am simply acting as a messenger.
Please still love me lol.
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