Thanks to everyone so far for, if not their support, their discussion on this matter.
As for DRM, as much as I hate it in general, my experience with Laminar Research's "DRM" is very, very ye olde-schoole. It means I put the DVD in the drive for the sim component of the program to run, which is just about the oldest form of DRM anyone can think of, and there are very simple ways around it if you have the space or the need. For a very small company, the only restrictions they have ever built into their programs in my experience have been the bare minimum to encourage individuals to buy their generally very good products rather than just take them. And software keys and what have you are still around as well - we hardly call those restrictive anymore...
As per the Android thing, I've never used an Android product. I have no idea how hard or easy it is to distribute that kind of software, nor at which level the DRM works. As I said or at least implied, I do understand how some individuals putting their livlihoods into their work may support some level of DRM, and that's OK. We're probably not talking about Ubisoft or EA levels of crap with DRM at that level, either.
What can be said has already been pointed out in the first post, where there is a company that doesn't really do anything except use litigation to make money off of individuals making a product. The code used by Laminar was apparently provided or endorsed by Google, who provides the Android OS. The world may be better off without DRM, but it's also way better off without companies that survive by scamming others to make their paychecks.
