It's a bit sneaky how it was added after launch, and even a little underhanded. Get them buying the game, playng the game, competing online, then hit them with Denuvo. That has done a lot mare damage after the fact than if the game came with it.
Denuvo DOES have it's problems and certainly performance penalties, but it's a necessary evil to keep cheaters off the game.
I certainly don't like it's ability to run at the kernal level, a sacked/disgruntled employee could easily give patching details to hackers... and they have a huge userbase to attack and no one would have to know about it.
very naughty.