People who have had a JUCE 5 subscription since the launch of JUCE 5 get the worst deal.
When we launched JUCE 5 we intended to do a major release every 14 to 18 months and this release schedule means that the overall cost of a subscription license would have been much lower than the cost of a perpetual license. The last few years has seen some dramatic changes in the size of the JUCE team and some competing demands of the team’s time. This has made planning very challenging. One of the motivations of the new pricing is to provide a more substantial funding buffer so that the JUCE team becomes more independent.
It is still our intention to do a major release every 12 to 18 months and we’re now in a much better place to ensure this happens.
If anyone on a JUCE 5 subscription has paid more than the cost of the equivalent JUCE 5 perpetual license then we will offer them a discount on a JUCE 6 perpetual license comparable to the amount they have overpaid (on top of the 30% upgrade discount).