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While product activation does seem like a pain in the ass, it has proven to reduce piracy of windows xp by a small margin. And hopefully you will be able to activate your product anonymously via phone so that privacy is not an issue. Activation may not be the optimal solution, but there are more bootleg copies of photoshop running than legit ones. There has to be a way to verify if software is legit or not because computer piracy is a major problem. You say that you don't want the headaches? What headaches? You only need to take 5 minutes each time your legit software is installed, which should not be that often. I don't see why your make such a big deal.