I've had MEP 2020 Plus (have I been calling it "Pro?") installed for a week now.
I know, from my old MEP days, that, starting with 2015 or 2106, you had to activate MEP online. And a one time activation of codecs.
So when the pop ups from my firewall popped up, I allowed them one time and then blocked them.
But today, I had to reactivate the MPEG-4 codec. Which I had just used yesterday.
Is this the new "normal"?
(Although yesterday I changed the signature on my OS drive - so maybe that triggered the need for re-activation.)
Also, a service worker thread always starts and it also phones home.
I presume that one is to check for updates. Even though I have News disabled. And even though I can tell from the forum when a new patch/update is released.
(I presume that Magix does not send out individual fixes to individual users?)