mmitchell_houston posted at 2:09PM Tue, 15 October 2019 - #4367188

goldie posted at 11:45AM Tue, 15 October 2019 - #4366007

What the heck can change with the program after the initial verification?
So, I would like for someone to explain the rationale for the subsequent verification processes. No other program I use ever does this. Also, I would never use the direct purchase from the library--in my estimation, another bad idea...

DISCLAIMER: I am not associated with Bondware or Smith Micro. I have no direct knowledge of their motivations or rationales. However, I did work in software development for many years, so my comments below are based on that experience.

Bondware probably wants to use Internet Activation to prevent your small graphics company from buying one copy of the software and then running it on 5 machines (or more) at the same time.

As for "no other program [you] use" doing this, I can only assume you're not using the Adobe Suite? Photoshop and InDesign (I use them every day) both perform routine checks on the license. If you use any Adobe products, then you are already doing the checks. (Am I right in guessing you use open source tools like GiMP or some other image editor?)

I do hope you'll be able to get them to extend you to a one-year period between activations (and you did reboot your computer after they made the change, right?). I think that's pretty cool of them, to be honest.

As for you not using the direct purchase from the Library... well, I can't see using that feature much, either. But that doesn't mean I might not at some point in the future. Having features I don't use doesn't bother me much. I just ignore them.

Goodness, if you are going to address someone's comment, do try to make it to the latest comment made (by me)...NB: my PP 11.2 license was extended, and, no, I don't use nor intend to use the latest Adobe products that are "cloud" connected...I use Photoshop CS6 which is just fine for my purposes..."new" is not always better or necessary...you should not assumed so much.