[maddev]

Not acceptable at all. Whoever came up with that scheme is a psychopathic criminal for all I care.

But then again, once you start using proprietary software you expect there is a gorilla holding your banana and with him comes the jungle.

Not even once.

[mindslight]

Well to be fair, you can often receive those gorillas from reputable shippers (torrents), keep them each in their own strong cage (different user account under wine, chroot/namespaces being the next step), and prevent them from getting overexcited by the jungle (iptables).