Comments on: Waves Introduces Waves Creative Access Subscription

By: ASJ

ASJ — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 07:17:22 +0000

In reply to Jay Lane. This. There was a precedent afterall: I suspect Bitiwg did the same with their paid add-on and Waves saw marketing potential in it

By: pacman

pacman — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 09:43:33 +0000

Around Waves never relax!

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 08:16:10 +0000

Greed, pure & simple. As was their cynical “update plan”. I stopped buying their plugins years ago & would suggest everyone else does the same. There is so much choice these days.

By: Jay Lane

Jay Lane — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:18:04 +0000

I firmly believe that Waves planned this whole thing to promote their services in the full knowledge that there would be an outcry which would generate huge free publicity. There’s no way that they wouldn’t have known this would happen. Marketing folks know how to manipulate their customers.

This to basically promote their subscription and make people that they were doing us all a huge favour by listening to the community. This also takes the shade off their ridiculous update plan which has been universally hated from the get go.

Plugin Alliance give free updates, let you by perpetual licenses on sale and give you free plugins of your choice after a year long subscription.

The joke is on us and all the YouTubers who promoted this debacle.

By: Crazy Jake McGee

Crazy Jake McGee — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:54:59 +0000

In reply to HotIceZW. What's IK doing there? On my blacklist, they're second only to waves.

By: Andrés

Andrés — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:48:13 +0000

Waves lost me as a bedroom client, perhaps with the companies making enough money.
Subscriptions = have you grabbed by…

By: Tobor

Tobor — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:53:09 +0000

F off with all your subscriptions

By: 4113ND3

4113ND3 — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:14:13 +0000

Kudos for them going back so fast, I’m happy for the costumers that wanted keep using Waves plugins but didn’t/couldn’t go to a subscription plan. That said, this “boundary testing” model that’s being used everywhere nowadays is very dangerous and we as customers should be aware of it.

Streaming platforms keep upping the price and lowering features (how many devices at once, resolution, adding ads), only to see when there’s backlash and then they take one step back and now they are the good guy again, while getting what they wanted. Similar tactics are being used in gaming world, games are being released as unfinished as possible while charging full price with pay2win type of microtransaction included. Testing what they can get away with until gamers revolt and then reverting back a bit to look like a good consumer friendly company.

By: Konmario Romeo

Konmario Romeo — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:16:23 +0000

IT’S LIKE I SAW THIS COMING, things i always skip ‘When I See – iLock’, – and Now things i’ll always skip, ANY WAVES PLUGIN

By: Juan

Juan — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 02:12:59 +0000

Important Update: Perpetual Licenses and Updates Will Be Back Alongside Subscriptions

Did we make this happen 😂😂😂😻

By: Brenny C

Brenny C — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:33:19 +0000

I just can’t get on board the subscription train, but the Waves’s WUP system is as annoying as they come. Honestly, I’d be much more interested in a rent-to-own scenario and I know I’m not alone.

By: MRG

MRG — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:21:00 +0000

In reply to William Frady. SaaS is kinda sus...