That’s not what locked hearing aids mean as I understand it. As I understand it locking a hearing aids means that it can only be fitted and adjusted by a single company, which is usually a bigger franchise. This is not through software access but tru a chip in the device.
Sure if I can’t obtain the software then it’s effectively locked from me, but not from other audis that work with and can fit Coselgi.
According to the audi I was talking with here in the Netherlands Widex will soon be gone from insurance covered hearing aids here and they will be replaced by Coselgi as it’s the budget brand of Widex and so it better fits within those meager insurance coverage amounts.
Anyway, at one third the price as long as any audi working with Coselgi can fit and adjust it, I don’t see it as a huge problem. Hopefully over time I’ll be able to obtain the Coselgi fitting software, but if not it’s not the end of the world.