[8bitsrule]

>should not be upgraded

Most DAW-makers are constantly upgrading their software. And they often obsolete their older versions to get in sync with new OS's. 'Keeping the old stuff' sometimes isn't an option.

Physical instruments keep working for decades ... but thanks to OS upgrades, valued digital hardware and/or software instruments (say by Opcode or Native) can be lost to stupid or cavalier changes. Anyone who's been making 'professional music' for long has been bitten many times.

[blub]

Yes they are obviously upgrading their software because they need to make money and adding features and fixing bugs is a great way to do that.

The only solution to not having a broken music workstation is to never connect that machine to the internet and never update it. Physical instruments keep working for decades because...they are never connected to the internet and never updated.

[heja2009]

Completely agree, except I'd say physical electronic instruments have a lifetime of about 20-30 years now. Several synths I own are now non- or half-working because of fading displays, broken floppy drives, power supplies and even chips going bad. The relentless churn of music computer software and hardware setups has also existed since the 80s. I guess it is probably worse for photo & video production.