I also feel its important these days to support who you go to for your needs. In other words, if you use X product everyday, and you had/have the option to use pirated or cracked software or you can support them and buy the product, I feel its important to do that. That’s partly why I wanted to buy Jamstix Ultimate, because Ralph was good enough to offer me a lot of customer service and support, and I wanted to support his brand. So Cubase does that with the dongle, and I think it’s good, because it keeps the software secure.
I read, Cubase, being made in and for Windows, is the most powerful DAW and 10.5 pro was written in and for windows 10 x64, and I agree, I don’t need all that processing power, but I don’t mind having it either lol