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Originally Posted by dsstudio

Your commends made me laugh, you are obviously not serious in your music business (if you even have one).

I'm indeed not, but that should not influence the argument made here.

I did not say I depends that much on having something other people don't... Software/Plug-in for me is a tool, skill aside, you need good tools to work...

Let's go over this again:

Originally Posted by dsstudio

I wouldn't buy ANYTHING (Software) knowing that the next day, every kids/competitors around all have it by downloading it.

In other words, when you pay for what the rest rips off, you'd feel like a chump for paying for it since the rest didn't, but your personal ethic prohibits doing the same.

You name these kids. You pride yourself on being serious in the music business. How are these kids a threat, then? They don't have the experience you have. So, they aren't.

You name the competitors. The only thing they have going for them are their lower rates since they don't have to get their return on investment back on the software. That is a point; however, without you investing in the same software, they can say that they offer more.

Even then, buying the software means you get the support, which means you'll be faster w/ troubleshooting - while they waste away hours asking on forums if they're stuck.

You say you quit using Logic because everyone else had it. Explain me how this means you did not throw away months or years of experience with Logic. You'll have to spend time re-learning everything on your new platform (whatever that is), all the shortcut keys, everything, so it becomes an extension of your brain again. I can fully understand going to another platform because you get more customers with say, PTHD projects or something, and you need to be able to cater to them, and you wanted to upgrade anyway.

My point was - I will buy something only if I feel my investment is safe.

Thing is, software is an immensely shitty investment. Secondhand versions drop in price like a brick once a new version comes out, and when the license prohibits resale, the resale value is zero, so you're stuck with it. Certain manufacturers just dump the previous version altogether and won't fix the bugs in it, and when you ask, you're told you can upgrade - for another stack of cash.