Thanks for the info. There have been worse systems, especially from Ubisoft; compared to those it's indeed reasonable
Only worry I have is they seem to try a new approach every few releases (and everytime they've of course carefully investigated the needs of their customers and aligned them with their company's requirements to find a solution that they are confident nobody will have an issue with yadda yadda...), so who knows what caveats this is coming with that aren't revealed yet.
Maddox/1C handing the game over to Ubi for publishing, who are integrating a protection system from Tages that is acquired through a collaboration from "Solidshield" sounds like a great combination in case something goes wrong in between
Still hoping for a 1C-only release through Steam but that's probably limited to CIS countries, if at all...