You can use verified trials: https://wyday.com/limelm/help/trials/
I have an existing desktop application that has a 'free' mode that severely limits the functionality. However, I'd like to get stats on how many people are using it. So really there's no trial period, but if I'm reading it correctly I'd need to set that up to get activations, right?
Any suggestions on how to set it up so that I can get the information I want?
You can use verified trials: https://wyday.com/limelm/help/trials/
Nope, just integrate it into your app.
If I have 0 Trial Days my app throws an exception if I call UseTrial. So I have to have something in the Trial Days it looks like.
Oh, yes, to actually use trials you have to set a non-zero trial length (or else customers won't actually be able to use trials at all). And the exception you get tells you as much.