> I use VSTs in digital audio software. I don't need to connect it to the internet Really? All the audio plug-ins I can find nowadays have network licensing. O

> I use VSTs in digital audio software. I don't need to connect it to the internet Really? All the audio plug-ins I can find nowadays have network licensing. Often they come with a really irritating installer installer. You can't just download the damn plug-in you want. You first have to install some bloated app that then allows you to download the installers for all of the company's products. Then when you do, it's tied to some account and phones home every time you launch it. If you're lucky it works a few times not connecting, but after awhile it gives up and won't run until it can verify your license again. It's getting to the point where I just hate using software, and I'm a software engineer who loves writing it! I just can't stand all this unnecessary friction we keep adding so someone can make a few extra cents.