A few years ago, there was a young man and a young lady who were excited to have found each other. They were both a bit immature and both had a lot of growing up to do, but got married anyway, with high hopes for the future.

As time went by the husband matured and was moderately successful in part due to his wife and could afford the basic necessities and could even splurge on a vintage lens, the kind that completed his life in a way that a his wife could not.

His wife turned out to be a great choice in a partner. She was interested in learning and growing and worked hard to meet and anticipate her husband’s needs.

As time went by, she matured, focused on self-improvement and became more and more attractive, with more and more to offer. Some would say she was now the hottest wife around.

Even though she could have, she didn’t leverage her husband based on her increasing attractiveness and status.

Her husband was really happy with his wife, but he had a nagging fear that she had some type of alternative motive and she would eventually take advantage of the growing power imbalance in the relationship.

He could not get this thought out of his mind, so he could not enjoy what he had right in front of him.

He eventually wound up accusing her of setting him up to be taken advantage of by her inceasing position of power.

She did not have put up with this, yet to have happened accusation and stopped considering him in her decisions. Eventually, she gave him an ultimatum: if you want to be with me, you’re gonna have to pay my rent every month.

He thought to himself: why didn’t I just enjoy my hot wife when she was being with me for free?

Maybe if I would have shown my appreciation, she would still be with me for free today?

...maybe not, but if she was secrectly planning on leveraging him, worrying wasn’t going to change her plans and this same worry stole the joy that he could have had everyday they were together until she had a change of heart.

I’m enjoying Resolve more than ever - thanks Blackmagic! I’m going to keep on enjoying it while the upgrades continue to be free. If I have to pay again as an upgrade or a subscription, if there is not something better, I will pay without complaint, if the price is fair, as it has been thus far, IMHO.

Only comment I would make regarding subscription:

They have aggressive pricing in order to convert customers from other NLE's, particularly Adobe. They will be aware that a lot of those converts come because they dislike subscriptions, so this may work against any attempt to go to a full subscription model. I am sure MOST software companies want to be subscription based; but most do not have the extortion power to achieve it. That said, I think it would be more likely for BM to do this, than say, MAGIX.

I am with @caveport on this one. (except the last post - that's a little rough :) )

1) BM have repeatedly said on their Resolve forum that people should NOT buy EBAY dongles. I bought mine second hand from a local guy who had packaging and was clearly a legitimate second hand seller.

2) No more bugs than Vegas or Premier. They have introduced a lot of new features and it is a bit of an arms race right now.

3) I didn't experience any "crippling" of the free version. Just missing features that I was willing to pay for. Someone said h264 playback was better in the Studio version, but I didn't notice any difference.

4) Going to subscription model? Maybe. Hope not. Will drop it like a brick if it does.

"I stay fully with my opinion and it is based on my experience and my principles."

Yet you chastise others for having opinions rather than facts. Maybe you should do a little more research on the company you like to criticise? My opinion is also based on my personal experience and principles.... so what?

Predicting the future is a fool's game.

@Vitaliy_Kiselev "Am I right about punishment of people who bough used keys on ebay not knowing about any future issues?" No. (pirated dongles)

"Am I right about buggy monstrosity?" No. Less buggy than previous versions. I use daily since version 8.

"Am I right about intentional significant flaws?" No. Free version has missing features. Same (or less) as other editing software. (Avid, Premiere etc.) If there were no free version you would not make this statement. You get what you pay for, after all this is Capitalism.

I think you are wrong. Your emotions are running too high! "punishment of people" , "real buggy monster" & "intentional significant flaws" are just silly statements.