I think the hardware limitation was there previously as well. You could reinstall on the same machine as many times as you wanted but need to use another activation on a different PC, so I assume it would have some hardware signature to tell it what PC it was on.

As I recall, contacting support could get you more activations if needed (assuming you didn't do it too often) without needing to purchase another copy. Presumably that's still possible as well.

Copy protection is just a way of life now. I didn't mean to start any ill will by asking.