New user: to Roon or not to Roon?

[Geoff_Coupe]

That wasn’t the reason for Roon Labs offering lifetime. And there’s no guarantee that lifetime subscriptions will continue to be offered; in fact, with the acquisition by Harman, there’s even less reason for them from a business point of view (IMO).

Some of the thinking of Roon Labs about the reasons for lifetime were set out in this post by Danny in November 2019:

Lifetime price increase, $499 -> $699

We’ve been getting questions about the lifetime price increase, and if people can still get the old pricing. Let me explain what we are willing to offer and why. Old pricing We are willing to extend the old pricing to: Trial subscriptions that were started before the price increase, as long as you are still in trial. After your trial expires, the new pricing will apply. Annual subscriptions that began before the price increase but are 30 days or less into the annual. If you are more than 30 d…