The first thing I did in Cubase 7/7.5 was to turn off the Hub (in the preferences).
Just a gimmick IMO. Besides that, my studio’s main DAW are not connected to the internet. Just another “childish” feature added, not worthy to mention in a “brag” list of new added features.
Steinberg have so much more important things to fix/develope. a big Naaah from me 