Either way, the number of potential customers you're losing due to the online-only requirement probably outweighs the potential loss due to piracy. Why not licence it with iLok? You may have noticed that iLok enabled software almost never shows up on pirating sites because it's very difficult to get around. However, pretty much every other company manages to make their plugins profitable using offline technologies. I don't really see the benefit in what you're saying here. Finally, a hard drive crash would still mean you have to reinstall the VST. Beyond that, what are you actually saving in the cloud? It can't be the complete project file, as the VST doesn't have access to that info. There are a number of solutions like that that make it easy. However, you need to be connected to the Internet to write new MIDI notes inside the plugins themselves. It just takes getting used to, but music production can be done online too. You're supporting a small company of honest people with your money. If nobody paid, the software wouldn't exist, and wouldn't get updated. It's a free update because people paid for this software. It generates enough revenue that we can keep adding new features and plugins, like Captain Play which we just launched. So, we made it online only, which makes it harder to pirate. They paid for nothing except their hardware. By creating an 'Online' version of Odesi, we're able to store your projects in the cloud and allow you to access them from anywhere in the world, by clicking on the 'Login' button on the Odesi website. I've lost sessions because I didn't have the VST installed anymore. This is a NO GO for me! Is there any way to use these plugins offline? Personally, I've lost numerous Ableton sessions on old hard drives. I only go online to register a new plugin and now i should be always online? I'm using all my audio workstation offline for years now.

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