I am not sure what is unfair about it. You are not being forced to upgrade if you feel the cost is too high. FilmPack 6 will continue to work as before. The most we can say is that the FilmPack 7 upgrade cost may not be a good value for many people.
Mark
Is the upgrade from PL7 to PL8 worth it ?
I donāt think soā¦
What feature was I expecting into this PL8 upgrade ?
The luminosity mask.
How can I get it ?
By paying the FP updateā¦
Do I need the FP update ?
No, FP6 already contains the 30 āNEWā features that seems to be falsed added in the PL8.
Thatās the unfair pointā¦fake updates.
I think lot of people here have forgotten that those who have subscribed the ELITE version have paid for the all inclusive features by comparison with the ESSENTIALS version. What the purpose to call āELITEā a product in which you have still to pay more to get an ELITEĀ² or ELITE++ version to reconstitute a 100% functional product?
This is the second āunfairā point.
Last point, licences are based on the Xnumber of each product. Does it have sens to increment each year the DXO products to cash in us a yearly hidden subscription with so few improvements from one year to the other ?
ā¦Last āunfairā point.
Update prices apply to the N-1 version for FP and VP instead of N-2 for the other DXO products so back to a NEW licence if youāre not updating each yearā¦Whatās the deal about this ?
Iām not a troll, I do like and use the DXO products but not at any price and if you read other posts in this forum there are lot of complaints that follow this feeling of exasperation. The irony of this history is that DXO, with its marketing wandering, invited me to give another try to Ligthroom 2 years ago. What a nice surprise ! LR is well back in the race and there is still no one to compete with it regarding features/price/performance/worflow/library + Photoshop licenceā¦ for cheaper than Dxo.
I do own other licences from others editors and they still respect the update/upgrade software lifecycle process with a fair upgrade price when time comes. Have they gained the trust of their customers ? For sure and itās their best advertising.
Customers are not cash cows !