I must admit that I did use the No-CD crack on FS9. I did not want to ruin the DVD by having to have it in the DVD drive all the time so I could start/play FS. Then they gave us the Activation method with FSX. It's all crazy, but I do understand why.

I still think it is possible for LM to make a lot of improvements to the FSX engine for P3D, but that's just how I look at it.