I have used Cubase for 25 years now … ever since Cubase 3.0. With the dongle, we are really stuck in the stone ages. The new macbooks don’t even have a USB port.
I broke my dongle today because my kid threw my macbook from the bed. A new dongle will now cost me $30 … I do this about once every 1-2 years and its very painful even though there is no downturn, its very frustrating.
I am seriously considering moving to Logic Pro … they have a free version for 90 days. I feel sad because I have been on Cubase for so long … Arghh!