yep, i would guess number of folks would rather use familiar ecutech interface and features they know how to access.
yep, so does ecutech and OFT/BRZEdit/romraider/ecuflash
it's like saying that if you have a pirated photoshop license key and software installation binary or disk then once you install and register this photoshop with pirated key you will only be able to see the images but not modify or save them.
the clones would only be used for figuring out the licensing algorithm/handshake between the tune and software using authentic cable.
as for modifying cloned ecu, if you're interested, using the original cable - you should ask shiv if it's doable, i would guess yes since he was able to flash back to stock tune.
but again, these are just my speculations and you might be right
neither do I care. when I decide on what to get - I will just pay the money to support the solution I like.
imo, OFT shouldn't have tried reading and deciphering EcuTech tunes. This is IP of other people and that's how they make money. Now though it's been compromised. Now that BrzEdit allows reading and flashing free tunes from OFT it also may hurt sales of OFT. It's a war out there.