Probably keep going forward if they have not broken basic functionality and offer more features.
I'm probably in the minority but subscriptions are not a bugaboo to me.
Am I missing the point here? Was Lead Architect ever a perpetual product (i.e. SO 6.5) offering and now it's being taken away?
Not the way I see it. It's a new product that was not included in the 6.6 perpetual product.
Nothing was "taken away". It was just not offered to perp users as an upgrade feature.
Am I wrong? (in the voice of Walter Sobchak)
I don't give two hoots about DAW addons or DAW specific tools. As y'all know I have a plethora of 3rd party tools to choose from.
The DAW needs to work the way I need it and as of now Studio One 6.6 perpetual does what exactly I need. I will continue to pay for updates to Studio One Pro perpetual just as I will continue to pay for updates to all the perpetual licensed DAWs I have (except Samplitude ? ).