I felt the same way as you when I bought Cubase. I was looking forward to making it my new Daw. Everything was great UNTIL I tried the automation…WTF!? How in the world can a big name Daw have this prehistoric method of automation? Hell, I don’t even know if any automation systems in the 90’s where you had to define each area with insert points manually, before you can use touch automation. Needless to say, it just sits in my computer now. I left the platform due SOLEY to that horrible automation system. I get reminded every once in a while that I bought it when I see the little blue usb dongle in my drawer. And they have heard complaints like ours MANY times before. It’s been years and it’s STILL the same?? Bro, they flat out don’t care. Smh