Today, I went to the studio, and low and behold; I had everything I needed bar my dongle but as fate would have it, I didn’t need it anyway because luckily, I was able to install a newer version, that did not require such an obtuse item of equipment because I was a fully paid member.
During setup, I felt a kind of nostalgia for a piece of gear that does not make any sound and nor does it contribute in any way, shape or form, to the creative process but now I am finally free and can forget about that thing I could lose so easily, somewhere thus destroying my day and thereafter, so while I have never actually lost my dongle (it was always used only at home), I believe I don’t need it anymore because I am in a better situation now, with automatic activation, rather than manual work, kind of like mental vs physical stimulation, sometimes it is just better to do things virtually.
I think I have at least four, maybe five, obsolete USB-eLicensers. It makes me sad that I purchased extra licenses for products that no longer require the dongle. It makes me even more sad that I paid a lot of money to update numerous (now unused) licenses to current Steinberg Licensing based versions just to be able to possibly sell them sometime in the future. It makes me even more, more, sad (but happy for others) that now we have been given the news that old e-Licenser based licenses CAN be updated/upgraded after the e-Licenser shut-off as long as the license is registered in your MySteinberg account.
Anyway, I’m glad you are feeling nostalgic. I’m feeling somewhat ripped off. I’m pretty much over it at this point, but thanks for re-opening old wounds !
Haha, I get it.
I don’t know which additional full licenses you are talking about but if these were old eLicenser based Cubase versions you would make some people very happy here in this forum by selling it. I understand that there’s quite a demand. Maybe sell them on knobcloud and alikes?
Well, I can’t say that I miss installing the protection software, though; however, that would often fail on loading of the protected application.
Saying that, while the new licensing system is vastly superior to the old eLcc, hardware based “platform”, what I really don’t appreciate, at all is, not being able to hide any unused or obsolete license entries.
For example, I have a Nuendo 13 Trial license, that’s expired so will that be upgraded when Steinberg release the next trial of Nuendo 14, or will I have two (2) license entries, showing in the Activation Manager?
These entries can only be removed by Steinberg and they will stay for quite some time - I have got obsolete entries which are older than a year.
If it really bothers you you can open a ticket and obsolete entries will be removed. The ticket might take some time, though.
Does that not depend on the country, where you are located, in terms of whether you can actually open a support ticket via a webpage?
I know I can email Steinberg but that is not a formal process, and while I know all emails are answered (going back I was even able to acquire physical media) I prefer not to write about anything that would amount to a feature request, otherwise than if I am asked by an employee.
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