I am already aware of this, in fact I have already done it once. How about you read think and learn possibly even listen instead of just making facetious remarks before having even a modicum of an understanding of people who use software in a different way to you ?
Sorry if I came off that way, I understand that I did. It’s just that what you wrote wasn’t clear so it looked as if you didn’t understand what the options were.
Having a spare USB dongle for 24 hours is useless when you are running a week long installation that relies on Nuendo at some field or theme park where the Nuendo is running for days on end constantly not just 24 hours. . Aside from the wI often do events without decent internet connections in the first place
So while I agree that you’re indeed describing an issue, and that if a product is sold it should work, there really are several things to consider.
One thing was that an earlier objection was that the dongle would get damaged. As some pointed out there are ways around that. I personally don’t recall ever reading about one of these dongles just breaking by itself. Granted, sooner or later they all probably break, but I’ve never read that. So that leaves poor use which can be mitigated.
The other thing was losing it. See previous comment.
As for 24-7 operation to me that is likely better served using dedicated tools, not a “general” DAW. And not only that, but if we are really talking about truly mission-critical operation then a backup unit should absolutely be on stand-by at all times. I would never ever set up such a system for 24-7 use with zero redundancy. And if we give that some further thought:
Are you set up with only one computer? What happens if the system drive fails? What if the motherboard fails? So if it’s truly mission-critical 24-7 operation you’re already going to have a backup computer, and whatever that computer costs another license+dongle of Nuendo is going to be a fraction of the cost. I think Nuendo right now is about 700 USD, add 30 for the dongle. Completely regardless of whether or not the dongle should work that’s just the most sane and professional approach as far as I can see…
As for the lack of an internet connection: I can see the edge case for that. But it really is a somewhat peculiar edge case. If I was out in such a location doing such work I again would likely look at complete redundancy and possibly purpose-built solutions.
you’re not likely to be able to receive youre new dongle “in the post” either when your up to your eyeballs in work at an event miles from home with thousands of people in attendance in a highly pressured professional show environment where everything needs to be bullet proof - something you patently understand nothing about.
Hate to be that guy, but… If you’re truly running a mission critical operation in front of thousands of people at a professional show then you’d go for full redundancy.
Imagine for a second that you are the manager of a place like the one you’re talking about and you hire someone like me to run audio, and all of a sudden there is none. Just silence. You ask me what happened and I say “the dongle broke”. You ask about backup and I go “Didn’t wanna spend another $750 on it”. What would you think? In a professional environment… I’d argue that that’s a subcontractor that has priorities backwards.
Having said that I agree with Big_K that it’s fine to have dongle-less authorizations as an alternative. I just happen to be ok with dongles