Oh, it's even worse and more complicated than I thought. If they are breaking earlier versions of their non-dongle soft licensor then that's going to be a mess.

Oh, it's even worse and more complicated than I thought. If they are breaking earlier versions of their non-dongle soft licensor then that's going to be a mess. Frankly, as a long-time, non-professional user of Cubase, if they make using it any more annoying than it already was, when it comes time I need to do a major upgrade, I'll probably just move on to one of the new competing platforms instead. And, for me, it's not even about the cost. Beyond a certain point, the constant low-level annoyance of such invasive DRM measures on legit users just isn't worth it if you're not being paid to use it.