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I've always wondered when are we going to see the end of it, when is the scene going to close its doors, our grandfathers said it long time ago "if it runs, it can be defeated" their sons and grandsons are still proving it everyday with the release of every unpacker/unpacking script/tutorial. Even the hardest of protections and encryptions were reversed, what's next you ask? Nothing, if you're a developper, you should consider an alternative to buying a ready made armor and you should take into consideration the fact that your piece of compiled code will be reversed one day or the other and act accordingly...
From what I know, developpers are now 'seducing' potential customers with two things, free support and lifetime free updates, these two cannot be reversed and if it's worth the money, the customer will be happy to pay...
Since I have joined the crowd of knowledge seeking reversers, I have never stopped enjoying the power and peace of mind reverse engineering has brought to my digital life. I can't imagine being under the control of a developper who nags and cripples or even infect me just because I decided to test his program for a while or so...
It is over, no one will say it is, at least not on the other side, but in the eyes of those who know it really is the end of software protection era.
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