That’s inaccurate. Cubase Pro hasn’t been cracked since version 5. And plugins protected by soft e-licenser, and even I believe Cubase and Wavelab Elements were cracked. The dongle is sadly the only thing standing between Cubase and a million warez users.
I think a fair compromise would be to allow multiple dongles/licenses. Almost every Ilok protected developer offers two to three activations. Cubase is already one of the last standing uncracked programs, and we live with the nuisance of a dongle because of it. How about a bit of give and take, Steinberg?