Non refundable activation slots

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So, some of the newer EA games have limited activation slots that are not refundable even if you uninstall the game from your machine. Red Alert 3, Mercenaries 2 World in Flames for example.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Alert_3#cite_note-50

This is a diff trend from say Bioshock, whose publisher/dev finally caved in and created a install slot refund app.

So in effect, this is the same as me buying a car, then I got told that in the car's lifetime there can be a maximum of five drivers, if the 6th pair of hands drove the car it would kill itself and fit for the wrecking yard.

Isn't the purpose of CP/DRM is to ensure only one person using the product at a given time, and not this kind of rubbish?

Not trying to change the rules or whatnot, just a thought.
Sorry, please move this to General Gaming if it should be there.