Being teased into upgrades...

[kritikon]

Studio One gets a full version upgrade every 2 years about. And they don’t charge for .5 updates.

So, like Cubase then. Every 2 years.

[zerocrossing]

At first I was all, “upgrade to Bitwig 5? Nope. Then I saw some cool stuff that showed what the new MSEGs could do in CLAP plugins and I was all… “sure, I guess so.”

[cryophonik]

The last time I was “teased” into upgrading Logic was July 16, 2013.

[JamminFool]

"being teased" is called marketing. it is designed to do exactly what you fell victim to.

i'm not sure who you are blaming for that.

[chk071]

"being teased" is called marketing. it is designed to do exactly what you fell victim to.

i'm not sure who you are blaming for that.

You're right, but, I don't have to buy. Thankfully.

And, I think criticizing, and wishing for a different upgrade scheme is allowed as well.

[JamminFool]

"being teased" is called marketing. it is designed to do exactly what you fell victim to.

i'm not sure who you are blaming for that.

You're right, but, I don't have to buy. Thankfully.

And, I think criticizing, and wishing for a different upgrade scheme is allowed as well.

who said it isn't allowed?

i am addressing the issue of being "teased" to spend your money on something you really should know you may not "need", and then regretting it afterwards.

and how is it different with DAWs than with any item in which the consumer is tempted into the next version even though the current version works fine (automobiles, mobile phones, computers, etc.)

[chk071]

"being teased" is called marketing. it is designed to do exactly what you fell victim to.

i'm not sure who you are blaming for that.

You're right, but, I don't have to buy. Thankfully.

And, I think criticizing, and wishing for a different upgrade scheme is allowed as well.

who said it isn't allowed?

i am addressing the issue of being "teased" to spend your money on something you really should know you may not "need", and then regretting it afterwards.

True. But yet, it's a concerning development, considering that there aren't many commercial DAWs out there which don't have that "I sell you feature bloat with every paid upgrade" scheme.

Even if you skip paid upgrades, one day you'll end up with a new version which is cramped full of features you don't need.

[whyterabbyt]

users : "we need it to work like product X, we want to do Y, we need these features, here's my FR, why does it work like this, when I want it to work like that, where are my tapdancing GPT-driven avatars"

users : "feature bloat"

[JamminFool]

indeed, one man's meat..

[revvy]

Don’t tease me, bro.

Poor, easily influenced folk. Ahhh.

[enCiphered]

Even if you skip paid upgrades, one day you'll end up with a new version which is cramped full of features you don't need.

Scandal!

[HOTF]

Software with big user base adds some feature that op needs and some features he dosen't want/need . WHAT A TEASE !

[Yorrrrrr]

Some people just need to complain for whatever. Complain because it's never enough, and complain because it's way too much.

[zerocrossing]

"being teased" is called marketing. it is designed to do exactly what you fell victim to.

i'm not sure who you are blaming for that.

No, marketing is showing your new software version being used by some current star. Adding features to your software and charging for them is just software development. If they added something that you wanted and will make use of, well, I don’t really see a problem with it. Despite popular opinion, software development is difficult and time consuming. The people who do it deserve to make a living, just like everyone else. If you don’t want it, don’t buy it. I’m skipping Arturia’s V Collection X, as it has nothing new in it that I want. All the cute girls in belly shirts in the world couldn’t convince me to buy it, and I love cute girls in belly shirts.

[whyterabbyt]

user : "this DAW is nearly two years old now, why the hell dont we get any updates or new features?"