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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
Man I can't believe this. I just came from a long time journey from Nuendo to Protools.... and after this short period of time...THIS.
Shame on you Avid. This is like laughing out loud at customers face.
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
Maybe Steinberg will be offering special full licenses to disgruntled pro tools vanilla users whos plans are about to expire for 199.00? That would certainly be tempting.
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
People in some of the recent posts are already getting the situation wrong because they haven’t read the announcement properly, and haven’t thoroughly read the discussions earlier in the thread. It is muddying the water somewhat.
The situation about prices staying at $99 per year applies to subscription licenses, i.e. those licenses that you rent, and which stop working altogether if you stop paying. If you currently subscribe, you subscription fee will not increase (for now). Only new subscribers will pay the higher fee. This is touted as a reward for your loyalty and for embracing the subscription model. It does not apply to the annual support plan renewal for perpetual licenses, i.e. those licenses that you own forever, but for which you pay an annual fee to renew the support plan that gives you updates to the software for another year. For support plan renewals, it clearly says that from July 1st 2019, the support plan renewal fee will increase from $99 to $199. Please everybody, please stop spreading false information. It is said that if you are already on the subscription model the price will not rise. But that only applies to the July 2019 increase. It does not say there will never be an increase, simply that there is no increase this time. Actually Avid’s wording says this ... Q) If my Subscription expires after July 1, 2019, can it be renewed beforehand at the older price? Customers who purchased subscriptions prior to July 1, 2019 can continue to renew their subscriptions at the original (current) price. If you want to read that as implicitly adding the word “forever” to the end of the answer, then I am afraid you are being naive. Note that the first part of the answer says customers who purchased subscriptions (plural) can continue to renew their subscriptions .... so it simply is talking about people who have multiple subscription licenses. If you only have one subscription license, then you have to read the second half of the answer that way too, i.e. you can continue to renew the subscription at the original price. It does not commit to that price staying the same at subsequent renewals in the future.
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
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I was reading about all the bad opinions about Avid but I wasn't paying attention, untill today. Now I can confirm: Avid = ..... (fill in whatever negative adjectives)
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
My subscription is 2 years in advance, good to hear Im not going to get a retrospective subscription hit on subscriptions already paid..... I wonder how far in advance Avid allows you to subscribe.... could consider chucking some dollars at it and increase to say 5 years.
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
This is dumb. Really, really dumb.
Does Avid really think this is worth it after the much delayed 2019 release, and then the fact that the voice count increase doesn't even work on their own hardware? Who's running the ship there? I have a vanilla as well as Ultimate license. The Vanilla license is up for renewal in December. Why should I renew now when I don't even use it right now? I mean, seriously? a 100% price increas in the vanilla upgrade plans after they hung users out to dry for 6 months?
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
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I was on the fence about my renewal next fall. Avid has confirmed where they stand: More of the same (maybe some more Facebook integration or an Instagram plugin) but no serious technical fixes that actually matter. All of that for more money. PT 6.4 and 7 are still more stable. Time to go deeper into Logic X. Maybe I'll try DaVinci Resolve's Fairlight integration. Anyway, I can't blame Avid's exec team: The new Gulfstream G650ER's are coming out and they're not cheap.
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
So...
After Apple's mind-blowing Logic showcase at WWDC... after their very recent (free) Logic update that delivers so much... this is what Avid comes up with? (Look, I know that PT isn't a secondary income stream/loss-leader for Avid, but still...) |
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
Hey the price increase is the biggest most talked about feature they have released for 2019! #winning!
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