So I’m a Mac guy, excited to hear about the speed improvements on 3.1.
I understand arguments from both sides about license expiration for this major upgrade. Regardless it is what it is now.
I unfortunately, bought my software, where the last truly useable version was 2.6.4. Now to move on to v3.1 (of what I really feel should be called version 1.1) I need to renew my license.
I’ll deal with it but the question that has not been addressed is when the 2 seat policy will be enforced.
As far as I have seen, I’ve never had an issue running more than 2 Mac Minis in the past.
If I buy 3.1 - will I now be limited to 2 seats? Or will it sneak in at some point?
I just need a clear timeline on this and if there will be multi-seat discounts?
theyve made a dirty little change where you apparently cant change your available seats (in my case I own 4 pcs) if your updates have expired unless you pay them 99 dollars.
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I’m not surprised that Topaz have declined to comment regarding if or how they enforce the 2 seat licence restriction. However, I think they are missing out - I would willingly pay something like £100 for an extra seat so I can officially have 3 Macs processing at the same time - even thought this would only be using the CLI, rather than the UI.
It is beyond my comprehension why Topaz allow the purchase of extra seats for Photo AI, but not TVAI.
If Topaz think I would be willing to pay full price for another TVAI licence, even though I only want one more seat, then they have another think coming.
I know - this doesn’t answer your question, but perhaps it might help to prompt Topaz to finally respond in some way. But I wouldn’t get my hopes up.
