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spinettim · Post by **spinettim** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:54 am

A very long awaited news IMO.

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:06 am

It would be fantastic news if the future would also bring gapless playback to Cubase

And hopefully dongle-free doesn't mean subscription based only.

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:19 am

Are they going to refund existing users for having to buy that damned thing in the first place?

Vortifex · Post by **Vortifex** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:22 am

The tone of those statements on their Twitter feed feels like it's something more substantial than just a change to the authentication system. And the fact they announced it so early makes me suspicious that this is a major change and they are allowing time for users to get used to the idea. I could be wrong but I bet they are going down the subscription route.

Passing Bye · Post by **Passing Bye** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:35 am

Seeing that they release every major and point release almost in the same time every year, they could easily go with Bitwig renew plan too.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:39 am

I'd be damned if they wouldn't have worked towards a subscription system by now, which would have meant dropping the dongle, and going online authorisation anyway.

I would guee that that's what it means. Well, nice move anyway, as I can't imagine them dropping perpetual license in the process.

And... not that I want to emphasize it, but, I kind of predicted that (them dropping the dongle) a few days ago.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:39 am

'the new environment'

sounds not even slightly ominous.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:40 am

BTW, I hope they make their older products dongle free as well then. At least I wouldn't want to keep the dongle for Halion Symphonic Orchestra alone then.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:41 am

whyterabbyt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:39 am 'the new environment'

sounds not even slightly ominous.

As I wrote, I'll be damned if that doesn't mean some kind of subscription system. "The Steinberg Cloud" or something.

enroe · Post by **enroe** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:46 am

chk071 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:41 am
whyterabbyt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:39 am ... sounds not even slightly ominous.
... some kind of subscription system.

well, that would be from bad to worse ...

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:46 am

Here is a longer statement, BTW: https://forums.steinberg.net/t/license- ... ead/701407

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:47 am

enroe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:46 am
chk071 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:41 am
whyterabbyt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:39 am ... sounds not even slightly ominous.
... some kind of subscription system.
well, that would be from bad to worse ...

Only if they don't do perpetual licenses at all anymore. Which I highly doubt. They probably rather go the way Presonus went with Sphere.

Effectsworks · Post by **Effectsworks** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:02 pm

YES!!

topaz · Post by **topaz** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:12 pm

Steinberg really need to bring High Sierra support back for those many users of Mac Pro 5.1's stuck on 10.0.6

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:27 pm

I also suspect subscription on the way...hopefully (for Cubase users) Like Studio Ones system (buy or subscribe)

Finally the very good news from Steinberg!!!