Don't forget that ilok and other dongle schemes, regardless of being in cloud or usb, artificially slows down the software being run through them by a lot. Also takes way more resources than necessary - sometimes even 30-40% more. The non-ilok cubase was running 2 times faster than the ilok version. And ignorant people would say - why don't you buy a better computer then? But its not even about that, its about the principle - why you need to waste my time and resources after I already paid for your way overpriced product? Yes, overpriced, because the whole software industry became a huge scam lately. Also many hardware manufacturers that sells you a raspberry pi attached to a midi controller and a vst for $3000 when Behringer just released a $250 modern analog synth. We currently live in 2024, not 1994. But that's for another thread.
I do think that certain DRM methods are overkill and overly burdensome upon the paying customer. In the above example, isn't that somewhat akin to purchasing an expensive sports car, only to have its onboard software have to connect back to Ferrari HQ every time you want to take the vehicle out for a drive? Or having to manually call their service centre whenever you change the tyres, to authorise their use?
So yeah, everyone should at least question these practices instead of playing stockholm syndrome. The problem is that not many people know about these issues, and they are not to be condemned. The studio guys just take it as it comes, because they are not super technical and think this is normal, the same way they think that PT is an "industry standard".
Statistics: Posted by Lerian — Thu Nov 07, 2024 9:11 am