OK, I've gotten 2 replies from SM up to this point: the first was go pound sand, and the second was FOAD - I've not given up so we'll see what reply #3 is lmao

On another note, one juicy little bit of info was that: "The new version uses a new Activation System" which means the new activation system is not the old activation system and therefore, was replaced by Bondware and therefore it seems any hope of having it removed is doa huh?