Although it is rather off topic, I’d like to make a statement on the Steinberg Download Assistant in general as I cannot really understand some of the resentments voiced here.
The Steinberg Download Assistant is already widely spread because all of our download sales made, the MySteinberg download links etc. use that tool to deploy the installers. Especially for larger download chunks, we have seen a big improvement from a support point of view due to the included download manager. Of course, it is another application that can cause issues but we have had download issues even with providing simple download links. The benefit we see outweigh the drawbacks which are discussed here (it’s a forum to discuss issues after all ).
@uarte
It’s an application that has to be installed once and auto-updates itself ever after. Customers with more than one product can conveniently access all the relevant downloads.
@Oliver.Lucas
Yes, the computer needs to be connected to the internet to download software. The URL one-click solution required that as well afaik
So much for my thoughts on the Steinberg Download Assistant which will be improved over time to offer more features and options.
However, we decided to bring back the regular download pages for the time being nevertheless. The main reason is that we are in a transition period with the website and the Steinberg Download Assistant at the moment. Because of the fact that the Steinberg Download Assistant cannot present all the information needed - like the system requirements for each download - a separate page for those interested is still needed.
@Dietrich and Dave_C
Please contact the support for help directly!