This exactly (minus the huge downloads, no point). If they were successful with their “trust us, we can magically figure out number of installs” game; the incentives of the entire industry would be reconfigured to the 2000s of EA downloader expiring your purchase after 5 installs.

We can thank the heavens for Steam to murder that in its crib and we can hope they, still privately owned, won’t be tempted by the ultimate sin here.