One concern is that version of SecuROM needs to authenticate the game online, and many player have to turn off their anti-virus just to play Sims2, just because of the load on the CPU. Sime3 will be a bigger load, to be sure, so more players will have to turn off their anti-viruses than they do now. (I currently do not have to turn off my anti-virus to play, but some players experience frequent crashes if they don't.) Turn off anti-virus and go online... sounds brilliant to me. Brilliant as in NOT.
EDIT:
The only way to stop this thing is to file legal complaints with FTC.
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
I urge ANYONE who has had problems caused by SecuROM to register a complaint right away. I have been unjustly assaulted by SecuROM when i downloaded some patches for older BioWare games (which EA now owns). To complete the complaint form, you need some of EA's info, which can be found here:
http://www.hoovers.com/electronic-arts/-...ndex.xhtml
Here are the messages I recieved after patching my "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" games on my PC.
I don't even know what Disc Emulator Software is! I only have software in my PC that came from the manufacturer, plus a few picture editing programs, and my games! Well, that and Microsoft Office '08...
I only have one drive! WTF?