Most of us probably don’t remember entering this maze and yet here we are, stuck paying monthly and yearly for plugins that we will never own - and may not even be using all that much. It used to be that if you wanted a plugin, you paid for it all up front. If you couldn’t afford it, you saved up, bought a cheaper alternative, or downloaded a freeware plugin that could do broadly the same thing.
As I write, it's 2024 and the amount of subscription plugin packages is through the roof. Almost every company, from mega-conglomerates down to scrappy independent developers, now offer some kind of subscription package.
Whether single instrument, plugin bundle or monthly sound subscription, it’s becoming increasingly rare to find a company that doesn’t offer some kind of monthly payment plan.
