Right, I hear you John. But I did look at pro mastering software on Windows, I don't
remember any unnecessary restrictions.
My message would that I oppose this sort of a sweeping judgment of a whole audio platform.
There might be some concrete examples, sure, but if you mean that in general all or most
software on Windows is restricted in such a manner, I personally would want some proof.

For instance, what restrictions of that sort can you name in iZotope Ozone?

L.V.