What a shame... I am in the market for a home laser to replace the Epilog I use (at a makerspace), and this looks amazing. I won't be buying it if it's cloud-only, though. :(
Thanks :) I (OP, and blog author) have been doing Etsy for a little over a year now and try to blog about my process. I don't get a ton of sales (a few a month), but it's a fun side-project.
Once they give the private key passphrase out there would be no need for us to judge for ourselves. The hackers would have everyones credit card information at that point.