Originally Posted by
berklee
Maybe it's because I was fortunate enough to find CorelXara about 7 years ago in a dollar-store clearance bin for a dollar.
I've upgraded to Xara X, Xara Xtreme, Xara Xtreme Pro, and purchased Xara3D. Now in order to get a MAINTENANCE UPDATE (which despite all these value-adds, is all it is... I didn't ask for the Magix product, nor do I want it), I have to pay 70 dollars?
I don't know if it's Xara, Magix, or who is directly responsible for this, but I see it as a kick in the face to anyone who's remained loyal.
To those who are willing to open their wallet every time Xara say they changed a font on something or stopped something from crashing, good on ya. But for guys like me who work 20 hours a week, I can't afford it. So my exposure to new features has to be limited, and what was once a great low-cost alternative seems to be slowly turning into just another high-end graphics platform with little or no respect for its user base.
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