Yes, the classic was given away free. Great, so all of them... The subscription model indeed feels quite fair to me. While it might be especially interesting for business users (and admittedly helps to make you buy more stuff than you might or might not do otherwise) it is also a model I can very well live with - for one year! You can testdrive everything and you get voucher which is of even higher value than what you paid for (depending on which subscription modell you use that is). Use it during the reoccuring sales (4x a year at least) to buy the stuff way cheaper than regular. I wouldn‘t want to be paying 80-140 bucks for one modell when not on sale though if you need only one or two and can‘t wait, I think they are still worth it. I got my Engl Savage for 39€ last year and could now have gotten it even for 29.99. I guess that‘s kind of as low as it gets (of course with loyalty voucher you can get it down even more). Would I have spend the money for a couple of the amps otherwise? Maybe and maybe not. But then again, having them and not really needing them is better than needing and not having them (OK, that s lame ...) Anyway I tried a lot of Amp Sims (BIAS, TH-U, Amplitube, ToneStack, GE-Labs, NeuralDSP, Audio Assault, Ugritone, Helix Native, Nembrini, ...) What I particularly like about PAs is that they feel great AND look great for the most part and not least are easy to handle and require little CPU. But you can sure go with something like the Audio Assault Reamp Studio (which is awsome) or even free Plugins for much less. You can spend way more too. ?