Where is the new licensing system going to leave me?

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@Puma0382

The upshot is, as with any machine running C12, the new system gives you 30 days of use before it’ll need a call home to verify continued activation

This has been changed so only needs a single activation for perpetual use - absolutely no day limit, see here:-

Update on Steinberg Licensing

In November 2021, we announced the details of the new Steinberg Licensing system that will be introduced in early 2022 with the release of Dorico 4, to be followed by Cubase 12 and then other Steinberg software products. We received a great deal of feedback from our users around the world, and we would like to thank everybody for engaging in thoughtful and passionate discussion with us. We know that the way our software is licensed has a big impact on the experience of using our software, and w…