It's rare for me to chirp in with any amount of negativity where the PURE GENIUS of Rockettheme is concerned -- but alas, I've been reduced to this commentary because the "decision makers" have crossed the line as far as I'm concerned. In a day and age where our collective freedoms are being snatched on all too readily... this latest "Rockettheme Authenticate" endeavor is the last straw for me. I've been a member under these credentials for a few years, and under other credentials for yet a few more -- BUT -- this is enough to turn me away for good.

I ask that Andrew, Kat, and others who weigh in on the "dues paid" side -- REVISIT this decision for serveral reasons:

• it's offensive, intrusive, and "beneath" who Rockettheme has ALWAYS been (from 2006 forward).
• it causes unnecessary platform malfunctions, unless you ALREADY KNOW it requires authentication.
• why should this be necessary in a package which is ONLY available to MEMBERS (Lexicon RocketLauncher)?

This is dispicable, and I do not appreciate what it implies. Why should MEMBERS be treated like criminals, when there are several ways for the developers to dissuade "unauthenticated usage" -- IF that's the goal. Forcing an icon onto my Joomla Control Panel, doesn't sit well with me. Unreliable page saves, failed category creation attempts, and other inexplicable -- or better stated, UNEXPECTED platform behavior -- until discovery of the never before ecountered "Rockettheme" authentication icon on the Joomla Control Panel. Once "authenticated" the platform suddenly started "behaving" with some normalcy, and needless to say... that experience was infuriating beyond what mere words can convey.

I've always blindly renewed my memberships, because Rockettheme has earned that level of faith -- but this recent "shenanigan" has caused an immediate credibility issue -- and if this is the "newly established" standard being embraced -- then I will tip my hat and be on my way.

Fair points, I suppose it's because they trying to protect their templates but could be translated as they want to squeeze every penny out of subscribers. For $99 your allowed 3 templates that's it anymore and expect your sites begin to falter without updates. The current policy has made me look around at other template providers but still think Rockettheme is one of the best.

The main reason I subscribe is for the support.

It's rare for me to chirp in with any amount of negativity where the PURE GENIUS of Rockettheme is concerned -- but alas, I've been reduced to this commentary because the "decision makers" have crossed the line as far as I'm concerned. In a day and age where our collective freedoms are being snatched on all too readily... this latest "Rockettheme Authenticate" endeavor is the last straw for me. I've been a member under these credentials for a few years, and under other credentials for yet a few more -- BUT -- this is enough to turn me away for good.

it's offensive, intrusive, and "beneath" who Rockettheme has ALWAYS been (from 2006 forward).

it causes unnecessary platform malfunctions, unless you ALREADY KNOW it requires authentication.

why should this be necessary in a package which is ONLY available to MEMBERS (Lexicon RocketLauncher)?

This is dispicable, and I do not appreciate what it implies. Why should MEMBERS be treated like criminals, when there are several ways for the developers to dissuade "unauthenticated usage" -- IF that's the goal.

Forcing an icon onto my Joomla Control Panel, doesn't sit well with me.

Unreliable page saves, failed category creation attempts, and other inexplicable -- or better stated, UNEXPECTED platform behavior -- until discovery of the never before ecountered "Rockettheme" authentication icon on the Joomla Control Panel. Once "authenticated" the platform suddenly started "behaving" with some normalcy, and needless to say... that experience was infuriating beyond what mere words can convey.

I've always blindly renewed my memberships, because Rockettheme has earned that level of faith -- but this recent "shenanigan" has caused an immediate credibility issue -- and if this is the "newly established" standard being embraced -- then I will tip my hat and be on my way.

Fair points, I suppose it's because they trying to protect their templates but could be translated as they want to squeeze every penny out of subscribers. For $99 your allowed 3 templates that's it anymore and expect your sites begin to falter without updates.

Ah, that clears things up a bit, I'm not particularly worried about the licences issue I think I have 12 left but until B2 made the post I was also under the impression that this was a big brother type addition added by Rockettheme and if I didn't renew my subscription my website could have a big banner on it saying "THIS WEBSITE'S LICENCE HAS EXPIRED CONTACT ROCKETTHEME" as you purposely changed the name from entitlements to licences which implies a time frame. Which in I think would be good grounds to end using the templates.

I'll read through those replies again, just to make sure having this plugin is an advantage or is it just a tracking system.

Thanks for the reply

@Kat -- Thank you for an educated answer. It may be wise to rename it to "RokUpdater" -- and remove the requirement to sign into RocketTheme in order to perform the update. Where else do I sign in for a plugin update from my own Joomla Control Panel??? Nowhere, not even for the core platform updates! As for "purely coincidental" -- I will tentatively request that you personally explore any conflicts that might arise betwixt this "RokUpdater" and the JCEditor -- and how it may directly impact the editing, saving, and closing of articles, categories, and otherwise.