I know there is a ton of effort that goes into VST connect and I don’t want to come off as ungrateful to the team but I can’t help but feel like Steinberg charging for an update from v4 to v5 is a giant slap in the face. Vst connect, from my own experience and what I gather on the forum, has never really worked well- I’ve only gotten it to run smoothly 2 or 3 times and the rest ended up in lost HD files, crashes, misplaced events resulting in hours wasted. I’ve been with Steinberg since Cubase 4 and I know that the upgrade price isn’t much but it’s principle.
There are many more other opinions though. You should try version 5, maybe it changes yours as well 
Hello musi and hello outloaf,
right musi, your team has brought in many suggestions from the users, you put a lot of effort into this project, there is no doubt about it!
The interface is really more pleasant!
After my tests so far, the 5 version runs very stable on my system!
But there are still a few problems with “Get HD Files”.
You will get that under control, I’m sure!
What surprises me a bit is that audio data is recorded by the performer exactly at the right timing.
MIDI played by the Performer, but has such a big delay that it is difficult to record live. I even claim it has no purpose.
@outloaf: on the other hand, the 5 version is a new software with more options, not only a bugfix.
And this update is with 37 bucks not so expensive.
In this forum i mean, we can help together to get a real good tool, to stay in contact with some colleages in the lockdown.