Generosity is not a tool of the desperate.
Is the entire US economy in a slump or is it just Cakewalk?
If Cakewalk is on a downward spiral, is there a competing DAW that's on the upswing? Or is the PC-based DAW market saturated at this point? Or are pirates winning?
Why is Cakewalk trying to squeeeeeeze money out of us? Some of us resent the apparent shift from "making the customers happy" to "making the customers pay".
It's not just Cakewalk, either. Other companies are doing the same thing. It's sad.
Some day someone will create a free DAW that is truly "good enough" and that will be that. Adios Cakewalk, hello pocketbook.
Until then, we just have to grumble. And ignore Cakewalk's "special offers", which are just their way of trying to get us to pay for stuff we don't really want.