My point exactly.

I got the impression (and was told in this forum in thread 'Change Hardware/USB Stick' that an activated stick will continue to work on different HW).

I invested a fair amount of money and time to test/depoly the solution, because I can live with the limitations.

But (potentially) being left alone with a non working setup somewhere in the future is simply a no-go.

I might consider buying the full product, but i really did not like the way the offer turned from something full (with a size limit) into a limited evaluation thing...

I would never demand that open-e has to offer a perpetual free version, but they made the impression they have exactly such a solution. Not the best PR idea.