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IM WHO YOU THINK
What's wrong with Ableton since the last upgrade?
Some people are upset that Ableton has the audacity to charge for new features that they mistakenly believe should have been free updates to Live 10.
It comes in large part from not understanding that you pay for what the software is at the time of purchase and not what you want it to be. It's at the company's discretion to offer any additional features for free (bug fixes of course are reasonably expected to be free.) And probably also in part from lack of understanding what goes into software development and therefore the cost to the company creating the software.
I'm not saying that this describes the problem this person has since they were not explicit, but it accurately describes the problem as stated by many who have given their reasons.
I'm somewhere in the middle. I believe some of the smaller features (scale based piano roll, multi-midi-clip editing improvements) could be given to Live 10 users for free - though it would probably further anger the "how dare you charge for your work" cohort by cutting down the Live 11 exclusive features, so possibly a bad idea. But larger features like MPE support and comping and new devices justify an upgrade charge. Either way, I already preordered 11 because if I average the cost over the 3 years since Live 10 was released it's not expensive.
It's the same sort of sound and fury we heard about the Live 10 upgrade. You can't please everyone and some people will jump ship because you didn't cater specifically to them (an impossible task.) When Live 12 rolls around you can almost guarantee it will happen again.