IPB

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

 
Reply to this topicStart new topic
Too Bad Xils Uses Dongles
talentimo
post Oct 10 2014, 10:23 PM
Post #1


Newbie
*

Group: Members
Posts: 3
Joined: 25-September 14
Member No.: 16,767



I've gotta take a poke at the remaining companies that still use hardware dongles mostly designed to irritate their legitimate customers. Just went through the pain of paying $120 for a "free" iLok replacement after a lot of unreliability. Fortunately most players (e.g. Waves) have seen the light and stopped using them. I like the look of the XILS stuff and would buy the whole bundle on the current sale, but I'm not putting any money into software that will be unusable half the time.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Nick
post Oct 14 2014, 10:36 AM
Post #2


Staff
***

Group: Team
Posts: 615
Joined: 19-June 12
From: Montreal - CA
Member No.: 11,576



QUOTE (talentimo @ Oct 10 2014, 11:23 PM) *
I've gotta take a poke at the remaining companies that still use hardware dongles mostly designed to irritate their legitimate customers. Just went through the pain of paying $120 for a "free" iLok replacement after a lot of unreliability. Fortunately most players (e.g. Waves) have seen the light and stopped using them. I like the look of the XILS stuff and would buy the whole bundle on the current sale, but I'm not putting any money into software that will be unusable half the time.


Hello talentimo,

Some manufacturers still find it a great way to protect their software against being 'cracked'.

$120 is an enormous amount to replace an iLok so I really understand your position.

Why did it cost so much?

May be your you can help others to avoid being in the same situation.

Ilok is 'dongle-free' now, it is a choice whether the account is dongle-based or a code transferred from machine to machine using an account.

Best Regards,

Nick
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post

Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 



Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 28th March 2024 - 10:56 AM