Agree 100 percent, if you have a system failure of any kind it's a right Pain in the arse, and is punitive on those who use it. There has to be a better way nowadays.iloathe iLok.
Have had to use it for roughly 30 licenses despite my best efforts to NOT use iLok, and at least 4-5 of those licenses are now broken/not available to me due to a machine that failed. I couldnt deactivate those licenses (12 months ago) when I rebuilt that machine, so I had to ask iLok to recover them from the vendor. 12 months later I've heard nothing from iLok or the vendor, and I've tried to resolve this 2-3 times.
Having to track licenses and delicately handle this "3rd wheel" application that over-complicates everything connected to it is a drag, and it doesnt really stop piracy anyway.
CoughIntelSGXcough. That tech was "bulletproof" and "enclave compute" and all this nonsense back in 2013ish, when they forced TPMs into our mainboards and post-production BIOS changes that broken 4k HDR movies on the desktop, but that tech was also compromised. And I think Intel SGX was compromised before it even fully released all those years ago lmao this isnt to stop piracy, it is to harass those who dont pirate.
Statistics: Posted by hotmitts — Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:50 pm