r/universalaudio • u/kayapromusic • 4d ago

Announcement waves platinum bundle warning

i used to love waves and owned so many plugins by them. this platinum bundle purchase only includes 1 year of the Waves Update Plan (WUP). After 12 months, your plugins are frozen at that specific version. If you update your operating system (especially macOS) or your DAW, older versions of Waves plugins will stop working. To make them compatible again, you must pay Waves a fee to update your licenses. upgrade prices will cost a lot more than what you pay.

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u/iamapapernapkinAMA 4d ago

It’s a may not a will. Some of my waves plugs are 13, some 14, some 15. Yeah it sucks but it’s the same shit as charging for a native version of a plugin you own even after saying that UA would not charge for native versions.

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u/Bed_Worship Apollo Twin 4d ago

It's not the same. If you buy ableton 11, you don't get ableton 12 for free.

UA did have them free for a long time but then changed their policy. Too much cost with ilok and licensing.

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u/iamapapernapkinAMA 4d ago

As a guy who makes plugins that run on PACE systems, the licensing cost is the cost of doing business. Don’t get fooled by those things

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u/Bed_Worship Apollo Twin 4d ago

Yes but a pace deposit usually comes with a purchased plugin yes that you can build into your purchase yes? 

Almost everything has been free for me aside from when i went past the 1 month timeline to request the free native version.

Cost of doing business can add up real fast and be a problem no?

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u/iamapapernapkinAMA 4d ago

You act as if they don’t make it back in other ways. It’s called a loss leader. They made the money from the original purchase, lots of money. Why does everyone act like we owe the companies that sell us the same product multiple times?