Ability to purchase without online activation
Posted: 2024.10.20. 22:20
Having trialed this program, I was looking forward to purchasing a Family Licence but while doing a check on the terms and conditions, I found that online activation would be required.
For me this is a deal-breaker.
Any form of online activation means that the software will become unusable at some point in future, e.g. if (a) developer ceases support (b) developer closes down or (c) developer wants to force an extra-cost upgrade. These issues are covered in greater depth in Shamus Young's Authorization Servers post at https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1680 . I would also like to offer the tragic case of VideoRedo, whose author passed away, leaving paid users unable to re-activate their software - https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/407142-VideoReDo-owner-passed-away-product-ceased-seeking-alternatives .
Now I do notice on the store page mention of a Corporate version which doesn't require activation and would therefore not be affected by any HDS failure, so is this available to us mere mortals? If so, at what cost? And would this mean the Portable version not requiring activation (meaning it could be used, as any decent utility should be able to, on an offline system)?
For me this is a deal-breaker.
Any form of online activation means that the software will become unusable at some point in future, e.g. if (a) developer ceases support (b) developer closes down or (c) developer wants to force an extra-cost upgrade. These issues are covered in greater depth in Shamus Young's Authorization Servers post at https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1680 . I would also like to offer the tragic case of VideoRedo, whose author passed away, leaving paid users unable to re-activate their software - https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/407142-VideoReDo-owner-passed-away-product-ceased-seeking-alternatives .
Now I do notice on the store page mention of a Corporate version which doesn't require activation and would therefore not be affected by any HDS failure, so is this available to us mere mortals? If so, at what cost? And would this mean the Portable version not requiring activation (meaning it could be used, as any decent utility should be able to, on an offline system)?