Fred,
I think you should show a little bit more respect for all the work the developers and fans put together to make PI what it is today.
Calling most video tutorials crap ? I wonder what tutorials you are referring to.
You really don't need to be Shiva to click on the pause button and try out what you just saw. Or write down a summary.
Perhaps PI is just not your thing, but to give up astrophotography because you find it too complex ?That's what I call crap.
You could try out other softwares instead of just giving up.
And if you are not happy with the price ? Just compare it to other packages. You will find that in the long run, they will cost more, for perhaps less. PI needs to be bought only once.
So if you want to give up, I won't hold you back, but don't blame it on PI or the fact that you cannot transfer the license.
You say it is complex ? Please try doing the same thing with Photoshop, by using its manual.
I searched the internet and this forum and was able to produce some pretty nifty results and I am in no way super-intelligent.
Sure my pics are not perfect, but I'm only beginning to use it.
And I'm pretty sure it's no coincidence that a lot of people, pro's and amateurs,use PI as their primary astro image processing tool.
Eddy