As people still seem to read this post, just some clarification. I am not sure what should be dangerous or sinister about ATLAS.ti licencing. If such a statement is made, it needs clarification. ATLAS.ti licencing back in 2017 was no different from the norm - you bought a licence key and entered it after installing the software. All licences were by usage and not linked to a computer hard disk - so quite fair. If you have multiple computers, you could and still can have multiple installations of ATLAS.ti - but with one licence you can only use one computer at a given point in time. The same is true today - licencing has been modernized. You now create an ATLAS.ti account and activate your licence. You can have as many installations as you want, two concurrent usages are allowed (Mac / Win) (Win/Cloud) (Cloud/Mac). If you have a Mac, a PC and want to use the Cloud version, you simply log out one device and you can work on a different device using your ATLAS.ti account.