Rock, Paper, Shotgun reports that Ubisoft have officially denounced their controversial "always-online" DRM solution:

"Ubisoft tells us that they will no longer use their controversial “always-on” DRM. In fact, they quietly scrapped it months ago, but haven’t made that official until now. In what is a really remarkable turnaround, the publisher pledges that from now on they will only require a single online activation after installing, with no activation limits, nor limits on how many PCs it may be activated."

We also reported the "quietly cooling off" policy - not merely "months ago", but back in January 2011, as one in a series of articles about the matter. We have always maintained - from the very start in February 2010, despite Ubisoft officials claiming otherwise - that these efforts are as annoying as they are feeble.

At this point (having tried to convince them for years) I am not even interested in praising Ubisoft for their decision to scrap their DRM policy. They have thoroughly demonstrated a complete lack of vision by not realizing this sooner.

For context, also read:
Ubi DRM Prevents Hardware Changes
No DRM For H6, Conflux Explained
Ubisoft Cooling Off DRM Policy??
UbiSoft Online Controversy