[thaumasiotes]

> and the company honestly may not care if their whole intent is to target the corporate market

If their goal is to target the corporate market, then they do care about individual hobbyists cracking their product - they'd be in favor of it.

[rene77]

Oh no, they were sore about this like you wouldn't believe. They'd rather refuse a legitimate customer than risk a leak. I can't even say they were entirely wrong: the sensitive nature of reverse engineering makes it hard to make sure you won't get ripped off. Still, they did take this personally.