and definitely NOT 169 per MONTH:
So you buy your first licence and keep on using it as long as you like.Bitwig wrote: This is not a subscription; you own a perpetual license.
Does Bitwig Studio now come at an annual cost of the upgrade price?
No, you can wait to renew your license, until you discover a new feature you like in the latest version of Bitwig Studio - and then get back on board again.
If at some point in the future, possibly three, four full versions later you think:
"These new features and the chance of liking what (if anything) they put out in the next 12 months
is worth 159EUR/169USD to me"
You get that update & keep using it as long as you like, until at some point... lather, rinse, repeat.
Sounds fair to me?