Subj : Re: Cloud vs Physical
To   : Ogg
From : N2QFD
Date : Wed Feb 07 2024 09:21:45

Well, I think it has to do with registry and update. 

 With iTunes the final straw was getting a new device and in the process of
synchronization which I hadn't been doing regularly my on device database was cross checked with their system. I had what I'd call non conforming files, I don't know what Apple calls it, but they were gone. I had songs by artists who pulled tracks from the iTunes for some reason, perhaps copyright? Gone. 
 Autodesk likewise needs you to sign in for some features. I suspect this is all in the fine print we can agree to or not use their stuff? 
  I'm not a musician, but I am a draftsman and I've seen personally the AutoDesk license environment clamp down hard post COVID. Most seads of AutoCAD have a dual license. The idea was that you'd have a copy at the office and one on your laptop. What happened was that clever folks would split that between two employees. 
  I like cloud based software solutions in that I don't generally have to worry about updates and such, the downside is what I've just described. Autodesk decided that it wasn't going to support old software. Ian Davis who'd a machinist on YouTube working on prosthetics did a video on it. The Title was So Much for Permanent Stand Alone Licensing. I think he tried to reinstall his stand alone copy of CAD and was told they would not honor his old license and that he had to buy a new one via a subscription basis. It's not like you have the software on the disk anymore, you have an installer with some of the software package. It calls home and you put in your old key and whoa there fella... that's a 2013 version key.. we don't support that anymore. 
  I love the fine print, but in reality your choice when presented with it is accept it or go away. It's not like we have any power to negotiate terms. 

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