It's copy protection, but hey, it does what it's supposed to...
I'm not a big fan of dongle-needing copy protected software, but iLok is kind of the nature of the beast when it comes to quite a few plugins I want to use. You can just use a free account on your computer, and I did for a while, but as your needs change, and as you expand your setup, you may want to bring some of your software on the road or get a more powerful computer to run those VSTs. That's where the iLok really makes sense. I don't have to worry about authorizing my plugins on multiple machines, which isn't even possible with some that only allow one activation at a time like those from Zynaptiq, and even better I don't have to worry about my main machine dying a horrible death and I have to figure out how to recover all of my licenses.
The little metal iLok dongle is tiny, fits in a Macbook Air's USB slot and still allows the power cord to be plugged in (something my bulkier USB drives don't allow... pain in the butt, that) and seems pretty tough. I don't love that I had to buy the dongle, but it took seconds to activate and move my license over to... and now that they're there, I simply need to just stick this into the computer I want to use and everything iLok protected is happy as can be.
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