On the other hand, most of these improvements are now also part of Ozone Standard, as are all Vintage effects, and this for the first time. Upgrading from O8S to O9S seems to offer best value for money here.
Okay, watched the entire Deep Dive vid (thanks Larry) and found one essential upgrade apart from the resizable GUI: now you can select as many effects modules you like. Gone is the artificial limitation to six modules. And that’s indeed a good thing.