That has nothing to do with his post.
You’re also forgetting a few things:
-There hasn’t been a free X.5 update in almost 10 years.
-When X.5 updates were free they were MUCH smaller in scope.
-X.1 updates, like the one Nuendo just got, fulfill the same role as old X.5 updates.
-Installing a major update on top of your previous version blindly is stupid. If you run into issues that get in the way of work with the newer version, you’re screwed because there’s no easy way to go back to the previous version if you just overwrite it.
Why on earth do they think it acceptable to put the users through all this ‘trash the preferences’ garbage with every update?
If you have to trash your preferences with every update then there’s something seriously wrong with your setup.