To add to this analogy: Software companies have been doing this for years, develop a pro version and then remove features for an entry level version rather than

To add to this analogy: Software companies have been doing this for years, develop a pro version and then remove features for an entry level version rather than redevelop a new entry level application. Example: Cubase historically had 3-4 versions. Usually a lite/beginner version that severely limited the number of tracks/FX and a few views, a middle range one that included most features, and the Pro version that was unrestricted that featured things that professionals would need (like multiroom mixing so musicians could hear seperate mixes while playing) and then the spin-off Nuendo iteration which largely reused Cubase's codebase but designed for video-post production mixing. Of those 4 products there's only really two "different" products.