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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 09:21:01 JST Paul Cantrell

   In this space, I will express my near-infinite frustration with the still-common practice of audio/music software of installers demanding root privileges to install half-baked DRM software that runs perpetually in the background.

   Such intrusive BS.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 10:23:41 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Sami Juvonen

     OK, @sjuvonen, you got it!
     https://infosec.exchange/@sjuvonen/112119706899733050

     🎵 Dorico
     - clunky, buggy “Steinberg download assistant” junkware
     - clumsy DRM that periodically breaks

     🎵 iZotope, Native Instruments
     - VERY intrusive: installs a demon with root access
     - leave turds in several shared / system locations

     🎵 Studio One
     - surprisingly awesome? normal app, just drag to applications

     [may update with more]

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 10:25:48 JST Paul Cantrell

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     (But for the record, Dorico is hands down the best music notation software on the market right now. The only real choices for greenfield notation in my view are MuseScore if you want something free & perfectly good enough, Dorico if you are willing to fork out for the absolute best. Don’t even bother with Sibelius and Finale anymore unless you’re already invested in them.)

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 12:43:51 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • David McMullin

     @mcmullin I was a hard-core Sibelius user from approximately 2004 until 2018. I switched to Dorico in 2018, and after a painful few weeks of rearranging my brain, I never looked back. It’s •vastly• better. FWIW.

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     David McMullin (mcmullin@musicians.today)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 12:43:52 JST David McMullin

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     @inthehands
     I’ve been using Sibelius for the last two decades, and I’m satisfied with the software itself but annoyed at the subscription model. Why am I effectively buying the same expensive thing again every year just keep using it? (Because so much of my music is in it already and I don’t have to learn something new. But it’s still annoying.)

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 13:01:15 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • David McMullin

     @mcmullin
     It’s purchased, not subscription. Major version upgrades are paid (usually $100-ish from previous version) but entirely optional. I’ve found that I usually want the upgrade sooner or later — they improve it pretty aggressively — but at the moment I’m still on Dorico 4, so there you go.

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     David McMullin (mcmullin@musicians.today)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 13:01:16 JST David McMullin

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     @inthehands
     Is it also a subscription or can you use the version you buy for as long as it works?

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 22:16:12 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Valerie

     @val99erie
     Oh wow, that’s even worse!

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     Valerie (val99erie@ruby.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 22:16:13 JST Valerie

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     @inthehands There's something similar with video games. Demanding to install anti-cheat software that scans your harddrive and kills processes it doesn't like.