We are not planning to force anyone into a subscription nor breaking your ownership.
We have many different teams and roles at Steinberg. There are highly specialised teams that are working on the sequencers, the audio engine, DSPs and also our licensing and authentication systems. But apart from that we think that the license management system is also an important part of the product and the overall user experience. The goal of the project is to make this part of the product more reliable and flexible. Of course, the USB eLicenser has it’s advantages. But there are many downsides in regards to flexibility and mobility that we want to address.