You ain't kidding. The reinstall of 11.2 didn't work, either. Back to the old "Unable to connect to license server" thing.

Never had a single problem with the old version. I honestly don't see why this one needs to phone home every time you start it; the old one didn't. It's a shitty idea, and massively inconvenient if your internet connection dies, or if you prefer to work offline.

I strongly recommend Bondware take a good hard look at the way it's implemented and make some changes because, as a long time Poser user and - I like to think - a well known member of this community, I am seriously pissed off after only three days of it.

Surely to buggery it ain't difficult to ask existing users to provide some one-time validation they have a legit copy? I kept my sales emails from Smith Micro, seeing as they have useful stuff like serial numbers. Making people jump through hoops like this is a great way to alienate 'em. The old version allowed you to activate and personalize on a one shot basis, with no further contact necessary.

Apologies if my reaction seems disproportionate, but as I mentioned above, I have a lot on my plate to deal with in RL; this is the last thing I need.

Coppula eam se non posit acceptera jocularum.

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