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+-   Why it's (sometimes) good to let games phone home-> on Sunday July 13 2008, @04:27AM cliffski

Submitted by cliffski on Sunday July 13 2008, @04:27AM
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cliffski writes "PC Games connecting to a central server to send information (outside of MMO's) have got a (deserved) bad reputation in recent years. The huge outcry about Mass Effect and Spore are evidence enough of that. But in gamers hurry to prevent intrusive DRM systems and dubious privacy-breaking data harvesting, are we throwing out the good with the bad? In this column, Indie developer Cliff Harris outlines why in certain cases, letting PC games phone home with hardware and usage data is not only harmless, but a good thing both for the developer, and ultimately the gamer. Have gamers taken hostility to games phoning home too far?"
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