Of course, it's still up to the user if they want to spend their money. Choice is a wonderful thing. I'd honestly happily buy FE if I could be sure that if after that, if I bought 4.2 that I wouldn't be needing to pay another 30E for every 4.2 Update. I spend more on coffee and meals at work per day than what FE costs, so it's not a matter of cost. The cost is more than reasonable as long as every little update in the future isn't a pay for deal.
But it's still an in line, in rev. update. I'm still being asked to pay 30 euros for an update to 4.1, an operating system that I already paid well over 100 euros for in the first place. I'd be just as annoyed if MS was charging for in-line, in rev. updates (aka Service Packs). This being said, it's one heck of a bargain for people entering the ecosystem, but I fear the future of all this and I am sincerely debating getting out of the OS4 game entirely, as in selling my OS4 machines outright. That really annoys me in itself, since I'm finally developing for the platform and I'm having great fun with it :/ Of course, it's my option entirely
What I fear is I'd pay 30e for FE, then: 4.2 comes out and I'd need to spend another 100e or better on it (which is nearly twice what I paid for OEM Windows quite recently, btw) - then perhaps OS 4.2 Update 1 comes out and I'd be expected to pay another 30 euros for 4.2 Update 1, then another 30 E for 4.2 U2, another 30E for 4.2 Update 3, so on and so forth.
I fear getting milked out of my hard earned cash like I'm a stolen goat every single minuscule update.
Anyone from Hyperion willing to comment the upgrade path in the long term future on all this and whether or not every in line update from here on in will cost money? It's a fair question and needs answering if it can be answered, especially when people that have paid (overpaid?) for the full 100 E 4.1 already. I by no means begrudge a company from wanting to make money, but such questions are important to me and a real determining factor on if I am to stick with a platform. I would have quit using Windows ages ago if they had charged for in line updates (aka Service Packs) and I haven't paid for a single OS X update since I got my one Mac 4 years ago, even on full rev updates.
I simply don't like things that aren't much more than subscription software rackets that are being masqueraded as something else, is all. I'm sure that makes some sense, especially to the people that paid through the nose for 4.1 like I did. Like I said, I'd feel the same if MS tried charging for the upgrade from Windows 8.0 to Windows 8.1, or started charging for any other in line SP's.
Forgive me if it seems like I'm wagging my finger at Hyperion. In fact, I feel they are doing the smart thing offering FE for so cheap in light of UAE supporting PPC emulation, and I have no doubts they will sell many copies of FE. I'd just like to know if I'm going to end up paying 30 for every little update in the in line rev.
What about the bugs currently in 4.1 U6? Will those get fixed at all, or we must pay for FE to simply have long standing bugs fixed? I'm just fine with paying for snazzy new features, but let's not ignore the fact there are bugs in U6 as is.
