The End of Finale

> It will not be possible to authorize Finale on any new devices, or reauthorize Finale

Well that seems like a dick move.

> MakeMusic has partnered with Steinberg to offer an exclusive discount on Dorico Pro.

So can we assume MakeMusic is getting a kickback for every sale of Dorico? If that's the case, of course they're going to stop you from reinstalling Finale.

I used Finale for years before switching to Sibelius about 13 years ago. I found Sibelius much easier to use, but I'm surprised that there aren't enough unmovable legacy Finale users to warrant continual maintenance of the product.

My local music college uses Finale for their notation course, and I just spent $100US on it --- oh well :)

Wow, memory lane! Used it (only amateurishly) about 30 years ago...

I switched from Finale to Dorico about a year ago. It was like night and day in terms of user-friendliness. Finale felt heavily loaded down with legacy garbage. On Windows, it (really the Aria player) insisted on complete ownership of my audio output, too, which was a real pain.