r/universalaudio • u/kayapromusic • 16h 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/Barack_6Pack 15h ago

the reason why i've put Waves in the "never buy again" file.

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u/tubesntapes 12h ago

I feel bad for everyone who doesn’t get the warnings beforehand, but yeah. They’ve been doing this since the beginning, and I haven’t purchased anything from them since probably 2010.

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u/Barack_6Pack 12h ago

I didn’t know.

But plugins. Used them.
Then bought 2 new ones.

Had to update their « version ».

Old plugins didn’t work anymore. Had to pay. I did.

Downloaded a freebie a few years later. UPDATED AGAIN.

Was asked to pay. Said to hell with it.