The question: Will I be able to install this download on more than one device ? You are wrong about it being the same experience. I never had a problem using the box purchased cd installed on both my desktop and laptop . But one year I tried to download it to my laptop and it would not work if I also had it on my desktop pc."
I am 10000000% NOT wrong that the download experience is different from the CD experience. What we all keep saying is correct. the CD experience HAS BEEN THE DOWNLOAD experience for many years because the CD has done nothing more than launch the downloader. Now to your argument that you had an issue suddenly one year installing on two computers. NOT a download issue. A LICENCING change prohibiting more than one device to be active at once.
CAN you have it installed on MULTIPLE computers? ABSOLUTELY! I do it myself. ONLY one of those computers can be activated at a time. That is the new licensing agreement and has been for a little while now.
