So here I am again waiting for B - F£$%^&*$£)£) - FD to “allow” me to use it - can’t we get a consortium together and buy the fucker from InsearchofeverylastsqueezeddollarMusic ?? If I won the lottery I’d buy it and make it open source and live off the expansion pack sales…
Rant over - should be “authorised” by now, I can get back to work.
Right there with you on the ridiculous minutes of “authorization” time, every single time I launch the program. It’s total BS that punishes legitimate customers increasingly with the more expansions you own.
Get back to work quickly, you only get a few minutes before BFD 3.5 nose-dives into the abyss again… then you can open it (again) and have a cup of coffee while you wait… Again!
BFD v3.4.5.28 doesn’t force you to authorize every time. If any of you are still on Intel, then maybe consider using the previous version. There are limitations and caveats, but I was able to keep going and even add new expansions using the software center. I think that version does work with M-series chips, but just AU/VST. Not ideal, but another option without having to completely ditch the products.