Avid: Why should I renew my perpetual license?

[Justin1524]

Here I am, another year and my PT Ultimate and PT Academic licenses ($399 and $99 respectively) are up for renewal. I either pay the money or potentially face extremely high costs to return at some later date.

Avid - please give me a reason to renew. As a paid subscriber, I get absolutely zero communication about the future of Pro Tools and what I can/should look forward to in future releases. Feeling kind of ill that the best things you have to tout are bug fixes who, many would argue, PT still has stability issues.

Will there be ARA2? Integration with Melodyne? Will I be able to import a FLAC file or iTunes AAC file someday into Pro Tools (can do this now with Studio One)? Will there be new instrument or audio plugins?

You've jettisoned Louis Hernandez for workplace misconduct and now Jeff Rosica is in charge, I'm sure that was millions of dollars wasted just like with the CEO that preceded Hernandez.

What is the strategic product plan for Pro Tools in 2018-19? Why should I care?

Regarding communication from Avid. I suggest a town hall meeting style live video event with Jeff Rosica and the community. And not just the elite Pro Tools users but some up and coming engineers too.