Hello,
I purchased Mind Workstation Pro last night, and have been exploring it a bit further.
When purchasing, I had no idea what sort of activation method you guys used for the software, or how that might impact my usage of it.
If there is one thing I have a pet peeve about, it is software companies that impact the end user where it comes to licensing methods. I'm afraid to say I'm finding this is the case with Transparent Corp. It is imperative to me that I can have (semi-)portable copies of my software, or at least that I can have the guarantee to run the software on any offline system, without in any way requiring online access. This is not the case for Mind Workstation. It requires access to the internet for me to activate it on a system, whether directly or indirectly.
I come to your company with good faith, but I've seen enough software companies (especially with more or less fringe products) go out of business completely, so to then have the activation of the software I paid $270 for to be dependent on the online status of a small software company, it is simply not right. If one is Microsoft, then OK, but in this case I cannot agree with it.
One of the reasons this is such a pet peeve with me is because I also build and maintain computers, and deploy Windows images, etc. So my systems don't only constantly undergo hardware changes (and so hardware ID changes), plus I am never long on any Windows installation. So needless to say I feel rather impacted by your software's activation methods.
It is not that I can't achieve what Mind Workstation (Pro) achieves, but I need several programs to achieve it. Since I mostly use binaural beat tech (so far) I've been using a tone generator that allows for quite accurate tones (.xxhz). I'm not interested in the visual tech capabilities, but purely in audio.
Is there not some master key I can get just for my own license, that will work with offline activation? I want to be able to use this program 40 years from now if I wanted, I don't want myself and my $270 to be dependent on some server being online or not. I feel that the good faith with which I approached your corp is not met in a reciprocity of kind.
I tested my license in several VM's, and indeed I can't save the activation state. I'm coming to the conclusions this is not acceptable to me. Is there any solution to this? I love the software, but I simply can't accept the activation methods. I think you guys use some kind of virtualization tech or at least a Spoon directory is created in AppData. I respect the concerns any software maker regarding licensing, but if you start discouraging your own customer base I don't think the 'gain' is worth it. I understand you need to make money, but you have to understand then when I pay you that money, I expect freedom with your product. It is not the case.
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