@falktx@mastodon.falktx.com oh by millionaires i was talking of the big name artists on that page they caught using cracks

You know they're the kinda people who just took the path of least resistance rather than people who would think twice before making a $300 gear purchase. Draconian always-on activation schemes and hardware dongles have really poisoned the well in pro audio, now many people feel that something cracked by the big scene teams will have a much better chance of working out of the box