Well, the more I think about this the more annoyed I get. I don't need to the hassle of worrying about some unexpected hard-reset due to some accident or conflict or something else. I just uninstalled my purchased copy of PM and don't intend to reinstall until Anton changes this "feature."
I have no problem with other less-drastic methods of protecting one's hard work, but this crosses the line in my opinion, especially since there didn't seem to be any sort of warning about a possible hard reset.
Not cool.