I'm looking at everyone whose posts stopped being directed at Telltale, which is the purpose of this thread. (Which now includes me, dammit.
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Anyway, unless I'm seriously missing something, I think Kevin's answer pretty much said everything there is to say about Telltale's perspective on the matter. It's the protection scheme that makes the most sense for them, even if it's an imperfect solution in an imperfect world.