grandwizz
To whom it may concern
I,m not happy about the increase in the annual fee
Last year it cost me $175
This year $229 thats a $54 increase Iv been a loyal customer for years
But its starting to get a bit much in my opinion  
I.ll give it another year as i,v just paid for it
But a may have to look for other options
Grandwizz

The minute Adobe's cloud subscription model was successful all was lost. Adobe's stock price has almost doubled. Nothing will ever be the same again. 

Anderton Although waiting a few years may sound problematic, the large population of people still using X-series and even older versions of SONAR show that not updating isn't a showstopper for many people.

the increased upgrade prices might increase the number of those not upgrading, and could be a showstopper in other ways

rabeach
The minute Adobe's cloud subscription model was successful all was lost. Adobe's stock price has almost doubled. Nothing will ever be the same again.

saas is really the first "new" way to sell/manage software, after just selling it on a disk like a "static" physical product and shareware, and it needed a big player like adobe to see if it works...
i'm not sure if it will last, but then i don't have any other bright ideas on how to do it...
with cake moving to a 12 month thing, it's almost back to the major/minor version pattern, but with the "version" being a timeframe rather than the major/minor thing, in cake's favour as the rollover point is now 12 months as opposed to ~18 months for the m/m way, and "agile" development (cake appear to be doing monthly sprints) is just a variation of "time-boxing" development so it makes sense for cake as it's easier to fit the various business pieces together...
/fwiw, ymmv, interesting thread, etc

Anderton
Okay, let's take this offline. 
 
If anyone wants to put his money where his mouth is and bet me [..], PM me with the amount of the wager you want to make. 

Where I come from, that's called "making it interesting"...
 
I always thought SONAR (Professional/Platinum) was stupid cheap considering what you get. Still is.

rabeach
The minute Adobe's cloud subscription model was successful all was lost. Adobe's stock price has almost doubled. Nothing will ever be the same again. 

Another point of interest though would be to know the increase in downloading pirated/cracked copies of Adobe products once they introduced the subscription only model. It is certainly much easier for people to engage in questionable practices against companies that could be reasonably perceived as treating customers unfairly. No one likes to have choice taken away.

Darangen
 
That said, as long as what Anderton is saying is true and the increased cost is going to support SONAR updates and not simply line the pockets of Gibson executives, I'd ultimately be fine with an increased cost - because I'd actually benefit from that increase.
 

Gibson's has already hit the iceberg and there aren't enough boats.  I wonder who'll own Cakewalk next?

Yeah, the renewal price is kinda nuts, just skip a year or two unless they release the mother of all killer-apps.   The current iteration of SONAR's great right now, I'm completely happy with what it does.  Adding more features I don't need won't easily separate me from my cash.

well alex westner has recently returned after doing the izotope investor stuff, so at least they have someone with experience

What's a renewal cost?
 
Oh, I forgot, I'm a lifetime member with free Platinum updates. Happy camper here.

bapu
What's a renewal cost?
 
Oh, I forgot, I'm a lifetime member with free Platinum updates. Happy camper here.

have fun with your beta testing