I also wonder the same. I use Logic almost daily, but would immediately change to something else if it ever becomes subscription-based. Maybe Bitwig and Linux.
I was a Premiere user, switched to Davinci Resolve a few years ago, and never looked back.
I still wonder why such a great piece of software is free.
There's a learning curve though - nothing serious, but I had to put in a couple of hours to learn how to do things I used to do in Adobe Premiere.
Retired a paid Vegas install for Resolve. It is quite feature packed. And the learning curve wasn't bad. I also like that it's backed by a hardware company so they aren't incentivized to gate a lot behind the paid version.
>I still wonder why such a great piece of software is free.
My impression has been that it's "a rising tide buoys all ships" sort of perspective: having more people creating drives more Black Magic hardware purchases and the upgraded software (which is quite reasonably priced).
I will go months between making videos, having a monthly subscription is painful when I'm not using it.
Bitwig is so good, nowadays. I paid full-price for a Studio license, and their Linux support is so top-notch that I don't feel bad putting money in their pocket. I used to use Logic and Ableton, but I don't miss anything from them when I use Bitwig.
