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doubt it is thier intentions to piss anyone off, but you can bet a watered down version of the product is probably what you get until you recieve the updates and you can't get updated without a valid user registration from the developer.

 

My dad is a software developer he says this has become recent practice for at least 10 years now.

 

it's not thier intention to cheat you, it is thier intention to be sure you purchased the product.