i agree with you that linking all purchases to one account and the rumored "always-on" DRM are bad/strange ideas. if i had any influence i would push against these. i don't, though, they probably don't pay much attention to my armchair quarterbacking blog posts, any more than they used to pay attention to my more direct emails.

i never claimed to have run the army. at best i was a grunt-turned-sergeant-awkwardly-promoted-to-captain who had the ears of the generals because i knew what we could build, who could build it, and i could describe it to everybody - i was boots on the ground. i'm just pointing out that i think the current strategy is wrong and will likely fail, not that i was running it better back in the day.

maybe some flash in there for easier gui. 'nuff said.