John
Susan G
John
Because I think its important Susan. The reason I made the thread.
Because the new threads are coming very quickly it gets pushed to another page and some don't notice it. I think it should be seen.
Hi John-
But why is it so important? That's what I don't understand. It can't be called a subscription because...? Even though some CW-ers have used a magazine subscription analogy.
Why is it such a dirty word?
-Susan
People have a very negative view of subscriptions based on the Adobe model. Its important that people know that CW is not offering one at all. I don't want anyone getting a false impression about the Sonar 2015.
I would like to see a reference to the CW person's statement that calls it a subscription. Officially its a membership.
It was a vendor who referenced the Sonar purchase as a subscription, John. See the prior page of this thread. Andrew Rossa responded by saying Cakewalk should get the vendor to change the language, as well they should. If vendors are calling this model a subscription, is it any wonder some users are?It isn't a subscription, and shouldn't be seen as such by people. The two common models of the term subscription don't apply here.
1. Magazine/newspaper subscription - you get to keep everything you received up to and through your last payment. Even if you cancel your subscription after 2 months, you keep 2 months worth of magazines. With Sonar 2015, you don't keep anything you paid for until after your 12th payment.
2. The software subscription model - you never get to keep anything, no matter how many times (and how much) you pay. Sonar 15 doesn't work like that either. Every 12th month locks you in, and you get to keep (own) whatever you received the prior 12 months.
My only concern is with the payment plan portion of Cakewalk's model. I think, without a doubt, it is absolutely the worst way to purchase Sonar. Financially, it makes no sense to me that anyone would do it. But, there you go!