Whatever. The game gives you a key. You type in the key, the game is activated. It doesn't call home, doesn't require connection to the Internet.Without it, anyone can download the game and play it without paying. It's merely a rudimentary form of protection.
But yea, whatever man.
'If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.'
Albert Einstein
(1879-1955)