LOL! A paid shill could not have done better. Most likely they go to a studio that has the same gear. Basically Waves is tryin to erase their bad history just like Pace. They make great stuff it's just the other nonsense. I have to buy duplicate licenses to avoid that reason you mentioned, except it's not a proprietary dongle. I don't have to deal with that using IK, Izotope, or Melda. It's less complicated. There's no shortage of reading on the web where people stop using them (not for their quality). There's a reason why they have become the bargain plugins.