BFD3 update needs your PC online every 90 days

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Thread here:

Celestion SpeakerMixPro had some online login as well
Not every 90 days, but still
I think I’d prefer iLok

Not so good if your main DAW is offline

Should make a list of plugins and daws requiring you to be online

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Thanks for the warning. So only the last two points are for users. Looks like they might be paving the way for a subscription.

New in BFD3.4.4:
► BFD3 will auto-refresh licenses upon online startup
► BFD License Manager is only needed for registration and download of new products and updates
► BFD License Manager validation has been improved and made more robust
► License validation is required every (90) days
► License Manager now displays when each license needs to be refreshed
► BFD3 Mute and Solo behavior improved
► Assorted stability and performance improvements

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I suppose it depends on what you want to hear from the different drum samplers, but Toontracks and Addictive were easy to deal with.

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I have to say that I’m really enjoying BFD3, it’s a different beast from BFD1 and 2 too. While BFD1 was just raw drums, BFD3 has a more polished sound out of the box. Not a fan of copy protection that dies when the company dies or can’t be arsed supporting it any more.

I understand from the latest replies in that thread that it’s 30 days at the moment so 90 days is a good thing?