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Message: <blockquote data-quote="labyrinth" data-source="post: 3421063" data-attributes="member: 48530">It was 2WS-Steve who said he didn't think he had to jump through hoops. And he was specifically referring to the wizard with the direct internet connection, so all he did was enter a license number, enter an email address, and click a few "Next" buttons. I don't view that as jumping through hoops, either.What I had to do to activate WITHOUT a direct connection WAS jumping through hoops. However, with all the software I use on a day-in/day-out basis, the fact that it took me less than two minutes to complete, with no complications, make the Lone Wolf method vastly superior to many of the ones I'm stuck dealing with. And that's for the special case situation where I'm trying to activate a license on a machine with no internet connection! I just wish other software products made my life as easy when I AM connected to the internet.Other than that, I completely respect your choice not to use AB3 and the reasoning behind it.One last note. You made the assertion that you think they lost more users with the new licensing choice compared to the piracy potential. When the new licensing was announced, it got a lot of discussion on the Lone Wolf forums, and this assertion was made by someone. I recall one of the principals stating that they had collected concrete data that there were FOUR pirated copies of AB2 in use for every ONE purchased. He said that was what drove them to make the change. If the piracy numbers were really that obscene, I don't think Lone Wolf had a choice other than to use the new method. And if the numbers didn't improve (i.e. if they lost more customers than they gained), they probably would have abandoned the method by now (more than two years later). In the end, the people to really be ticked off at are the a$$h@les who pirated AB2 in the first place and forced Lone Wolf to make the switch. Essentially, they ruined a great thing for all of us honest users.</blockquote>

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