Again, just because you have some issues does not mean they are not more privacy focused than companies like Google. Last I checked, Google reads your emails to use in ads which they also sell. Apple does neither. I’m not going to go down the list tit for tat, it’s well established.

Also, privacy and capitalism are not mutually exclusive…? You can get support for privacy across many different backgrounds.

Semblance. Are you saying that there are literally no privacy features? Privacy is a sliding scale, don’t gatekeep some certain level of privacy as “legitimate” and call everything else below that line fake, that’s disingenuous.

Compared to Google, Microsoft, etc, they are more respecting of privacy than other big tech companies.

Yes, I’d imagine that would remove the incentive to stay within the ecosystem.

Simplest way to delete their userbase. They’re the last big Tech company that still has a semblance of respect for user privacy, if any.

Probably more like two arguments for musician vs producer. I’m a musician and teach music. If I walk up to an acoustic piano, I expect it to be high quality, consistent, and able to produce a wide variety of tones that cover all of my needs accessed through user manipulation. When I use a synthesizer and need a piano, I expect the same thing and prioritize those qualities.

A music producer that spends most of their time producing recordings instead of live playing may prioritize variety in tone and quality at the push of a button. I see both arguments. For me, the Yamaha on board synth is the winner, but sure, not as wide a variety as having every VST known to man at your finger tips.

Guess it depends on the VST. The marching arts use MainStage as a staple, and their onboard sounds are shit. They had an update recently that drastically improved/replaced a lot of piano sounds, but they’re recording/pop tune pianos. Very good, but don’t act like a piano through the dynamic range and release. There are some good piano VSTs, but you need to purchase multiple VSTs to get all the right sounds you want. I may use one piano VST for one movement and a different high quality one for another movement. Through my experience with a variety of industry standard piano VSTs played through any number of industry standard DAWs, I still haven’t found a setup that perfectly matches the nature of playing a piano and how it reacts to your fingers the way a Yamaha piano patch does. Take a Yamaha piano patch and put it through whatever filters you want, and you can get a highly realistic player experience with all the mushy gushy reverb or anything else you want.

Also, Yamaha easily has the best sampled piano sounds out there for consumer grade synthesizers. Maybe that’s changed in the past 6 years or so, but I haven’t been able to find a comparable piano in any VSTs or onboard synthesizers. It’s a shame they can’t seem to make percussion instruments at any realistic rate… have had to switch my ensembles to inferior products because Yamaha’s lead times are fuckin 2-3 years. Unbelievable.

Yeah, their higher grade stuff is fine. They corner a lot of the beginner market, which focuses on affordability and function over sound quality, so I sort of have that opinion of them. They are a legit company with good products at the higher end. Heavy hitters during the rise of synthesizer in the 60’s and 70’s.

Sure, just trying to justify why this was put on the sidewalk. For what it’s worth, I can get a midi controller with the same features as a Casio for cheaper if I go M Audio or something like that. Have had better experiences using a dedicated midi controller instead of an onboard synth plugged in thru USB/midi when I’m planning to hook it up to a computer or off board synthesizer.

Free is definitely better than cheap, though.

To be fair, Casios sound like shit. A Casio was my first keyboard. Great price, had some nice features. Probably got thrown out because it sounded like shit.