Manufacturers who intentionally make their products obsolete
I would like to start a thread, of anybody's experience with manufacturers who intentionally make products they made in the past obsolete, to force their users to have to purchase new products. This only applies to audio products, not other software products.
This applies to hardware and software.
I spent some time tonight thinking about all of the other DAW manufacturers, and audio related manufacturers, that I am aware over the last 30 years of being in this industry, to determine if there's anybody else other than Avd who makes this practice part of their business model.
Apogee - No
Steinberg - No
RME - No
Logic - No
MOTU - No
Mackie - No
SSL - No
UAD - yes, TDM Plugins only
Presonus - No
Radar - No
Reeper -No
Sonar - No
Yamaha - No
Avid - yes, control 24, ProControl beyond TDM, PT10
Of everyone above, who's products are vastly more expensive.
Help me remember what else I'm missing?
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