Once upon a time, we complained about undependable applications that, although installed on a computer, dared to "phone home".
Before that, we complained about undependable applications that, while not fucking around with remote servers, employed invasive and annoying anti-piracy measures.
I don’t love that Lightworks phones home, but FWIW, Lightworks’ support has been very good when I have contacted. They were very helpful when I needed to migrate a license when I had to swap to another computer.
This might not seem like much but that has been something I have struggled with other companies over.
