EightyEight - A vintage Jupiter-8 emulation that sounds awesome!

[Matt67]

Granted, mixing beta and free can be confusing to consumers, and vendors should be careful with this. I think that Uhe does a great job of this making it clear that the beta has an expiration date. Everyone should do this, expire your betas, no phone home necessary.

That’s all I asked for: a clear explanation of what’s what. Nothing more, nothing less. That’s why I also mentioned another Morphoice product here, namely “Unstable.” It’s listed on KVR as “free” (see my screenshot above). I searched for it for a very long time and even asked about it here in the forum. I couldn’t find a free version anywhere. That’s what I mean by misleading information.

I have absolutely no intention of attacking the developers or anything like that. But I use almost all add-ons in public productions. And for that, I need clarity on what I’m allowed to use and what I’m not. What’s free and can be used without restrictions, what’s just a beta, and what I have to pay for in order to use it. And if everyone else thinks that’s clear, I guess I’m the exception. But is it really just me?

[Teksonik]

Granted, mixing beta and free can be confusing to consumers, and vendors should be careful with this.

For over two and half decades people have been releasing free plugins here without restrictions, without conditions, without expiration.

This is what people have come to expect when they hear "free".

There have of course been "free for a limited time" plugins but when they are no longer free (become payware either again or for the first time) they generally keep working. I can't think of an example where a free plugin stopped working by design.

I think the confusion here is a new developer who should probably be using the term "demo version" rather than "free" since it is basically a demo with some restrictions (ten minutes per session in this case):

Unstable 1.png

Hundreds of plugins have demo versions and they're never called a "free" plugin even if they don't expire (I believe the aforementioned U-he is a good example).

I don't wish any ill will towards the developer and genuinely hope his side business is a huge success but if one wants respect from the forum then one needs to respect the forum and its commonly accepted nomenclature.

[Echoes in the Attic]

The license is quite cheap and seems like good value. Seems strange to do false advertising as free when it’s so cheap.

[donato]

It's free (for money). What a joke.

[tumface]

I was taking it at face value when he said it worked for free and the license was optional, but might not be optional in the future. Seeing what Teksonik just posted, that's a lot worse than I imagined.

[Morphoice]

As I just posted in the other thread: You asked for it, so here it is.
The free, pay-what-you-want model is ending. Not because it wasn't working technically, but because of the reception it's had here. Rather than being taken as what it was — years of work given away, with support entirely optional — it's been repeatedly framed as sketchy, as exploiting testers, as something to be suspicious of. If a free model draws that, then there's no reason to keep it.
EightyEight and EightyTen will be priced at $49 on final release. From that point it's unambiguous — a paid product with a limited free trial, the same way Unstable works. No more debate about what's free and what isn't.
Beta versions will no longer be supported once the final releases land, and will be withdrawn.
Until then, the $10 lifetime license offer stands, which is a considerable bargain for anyone who wants in before the change.
I won't be following this thread going forward. Support for licensed customers continues as always through the ticket system on my website, and you're very welcome to use it — I'm always happy to help anyone who's bought in.

Best of luck with all your future productions, whatever you end up making them with. No hard feelings. Morphoice out.

[tumface]

I think that's actually a great idea and I hope it works out for you.