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t.o.t.s. · Post by **t.o.t.s.** » Fri Jun 26, 2026 9:17 pm

osiris wrote: Fri Jun 26, 2026 8:34 pm I guess their AI saw my post because I open up my Waves license center and the gigantic ad on the side reads: 25% off the WUP.
But, 25% off how much?

It really isn't that hard. Log in. Look at the cost. Done.

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Jun 26, 2026 9:45 pm

Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2026 12:36 pm Remember in 2023 when Waves briefly tried going subscription only and the backlash was so fierce they had to completely backtrack? That's who they are. But at least they did backtrack and apologize. So credit where it's due there.

Yes, that's who they are - they apologized wholeheartedly, admitted that they had messed up and promised to never do it again. Their response to the criticism was pure class.

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Jun 26, 2026 9:49 pm

elxsound wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2026 3:35 pm On Mac, it was required and it didn’t have to do with silicon

Yes, of course, since Apple have a loooooong history of breaking backwards compitability. Maintaining compatibility tends to be a lot of work for application developers, which is why WUP is such a fair system - again: those who cause the work pay for it. With most other developers the Windows users have to pay for the Apple development. And that's a fact.

osiris · Post by **osiris** » Sat Jun 27, 2026 1:03 pm

I have experienced. My friend gave me an iPad, which was basically a paperweight. Wouldn't/couldn't update OS, so no apps ran because you need the latest version of the OS to run them. It was not that old either.

psycho45039 · Post by **psycho45039** » Sat Jun 27, 2026 5:37 pm

I'm not for sure some of you understand this, but because Apple releases a new OS does not mean you have to upgrade to it.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Sat Jun 27, 2026 6:23 pm

psycho45039 wrote: Sat Jun 27, 2026 5:37 pm I'm not for sure some of you understand this, but because Apple releases a new OS does not mean you have to upgrade to it.

Not entirely true. We had to renew our WUP to get compatibility when going from Intel to Silicon Macs (v13 IIRC). But, yes, other than that, I don't think most people have any clue what WUP is and when it is/isn't required. And, that is Waves' biggest problem IMO. They've created this scary thing that really isn't even a thing in most cases, but it singlehandedly kills their own sales. One read through threads like this tells you exactly that - most people simply don't understand it.

seangm · Post by **seangm** » Sat Jun 27, 2026 6:52 pm

hardyharrharr wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2026 5:45 pm you mean like john belushi?

John Belushi didn't have a big booty, that's an urban myth.

Nobody told me about Waves Update Plan $$$$